World Migratory Bird Day is Saturday, May 12th. Put a bird feeder in your yard!

You will probably already see some new species just passin' through, but you'll see many more in the next two weeks. It's awesome--my backyard sounds like it's wild Africa back there with all the chattering. Next week is usually the big week, when the orioles, hummingbirds, grosbeaks, hermit thrushes, tanagers, and several kinds of sparrows hang out for a week before leaving. Even robins eat a seed or two. In addition to the goldfinches, cardinals, and mourning doves (and the undesirable species, like house sparrows, house finches, and starlings), it gets loud and colorful out there. We used to get Quaker parakeets, too, but they stopped coming this year.

That's the only problem; after two or three weeks of activity, most (besides the hummingbirds and, if you get lucky, the orioles) leave or just stop feeding in your yard. It's like the day after Christmas--a complete letdown.

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I'm surprised that you don't always get them in your neighborhood. We get plenty of them here and the odd sighting of bald eagles thanks to the nests around Wolf Lake

We spot red-tailed hawks (or sharp-shinned; hard to tell sometimes) in the backyard about once a month. Pretty amazing. I'd die if I saw a Peregrine falcon, though.

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I’m surprised you have a problem between red tailed and sharp shinned. To be fair, 90% of Hawks we see are probably red-tails. They like following the hay cutters. Sharp shinned and coopers, yeah..borderline impossible. Had one repeatedly buzz me when I was in a tree stand. Might of been a Harrier but to be honest I was more concerned with not falling out of tree. Random eagle sightings in summer and lots in winter. More and more every year, a success story if you will. Be pretty excited to see a real falcon as opposed to the pint sized kestrels. Those are thick out here.

Every steel mill and refinery I've worked in has atleast 1 pair to keep the pigeon pop down. I've seen downtown too.

The falcons are too fast to fuck with, Even the mighty great horned owl won't last.. I read this story a few years back and was surprised to see Owls can swim.. Cool pics too.
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I saw a Blue Jay the other day. Why don't we see more blue jays around here? Why do they like Canada better?

Then I saw a tiny little yellow bird and I didn't know what the hell it was.

I saw a Blue Jay the other day. Why don't we see more blue jays around here?

The best-named bird is the yellow-bellied sapsucker.

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I saw a Blue Jay the other day. Why don't we see more blue jays around here? Why do they like Canada better?

Then I saw a tiny little yellow bird and I didn't know what the hell it was.

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They're around, just stealthy and hard to spot. You can often hear their distinctive call.

I just saw a mature bald eagle flying north and navigating along the canal at Oakton & McCormick.

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I just saw a mature bald eagle flying north and navigating along the canal at Oakton & McCormick.

We were spreading fertilizer last week and had 20 bald eagles on the fields shortly after. More and more on the farm every winter.

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Probably a goldfinch or warbler.

The best-named bird is the yellow-bellied sapsucker.

web-footed red-crested lake loon

That’s awesome…at least to old people like me who remember when an eagle was an extraordinarily rare sight. Not as cool, but wild turkeys fit into that category as well.

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Probably a goldfinch or warbler.

The best-named bird is the yellow-bellied sapsucker.

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Both have become common on the farm. It’s exciting to see the change in 20 years. More and more we are seeing cranes and seams in the spring. A swan in flight is a sight to behold.

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All very cool. I think I’d like to see the promulgation of monarch butterflies as much as anything at this point. They were everywhere when I was a kid. Now it’s like seeing an eagle.

A friend of mine was driving down to Carbondale this past fall and he said that suddenly everything around him was yellow. He didn't know what was happening until he realized he was in the midst of a gigantic kaleidoscope of monarch butterflies. He said there literally had to be millions of them. I was very happy to hear that.