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Category:
Anna Page Park
- Goshawk at Page Park October 18th, 2008 (1)
- Pine Siskins collecting nest material; White Pelicans April 4th, 2009
- Red Crossbills at Anna Page Park January 27th, 2009
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Category:
Bird Banding
- Bird Banding is Awesome! April 29th, 2007
- Golden-winged Warbler September 21st, 2008
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Category:
Bird Conservation
- Mill Creek BBS results on June 21 June 21st, 2008
- Northern Illinois Focused Bird Conservation Study April 11th, 2008
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Category:
Bird Counts
- 72-hour Birding Extravaganza! May 14th, 2008
- Great Backyard Bird Count February 17th, 2008
- Kishwaukee CBC results January 16th, 2009
- Kishwaukee Christmas Bird Count December 27th, 2008 (1)
- Rock Cut Christmas Bird Count Results [ILRC] December 30th, 2008
- Rockford CBC preliminary (very) results December 22nd, 2008 (4)
- Rockford CBC-final results December 29th, 2008
- Warblers on Crane Count Day April 19th, 2008
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Category:
Bird Sightings
- (No Title) May 9th, 2007
- (No Title) November 20th, 2007 (3)
- (No Title) January 14th, 2008 (1)
- 1000 Snow Buntings January 20th, 2008 (1)
- 1st Shoveler February 29th, 2008
- 2 Snowy Owls in Dekalb County December 1st, 2008 (2)
- 3 Yellow-crowned Night-herons! July 26th, 2008
- 4 goose species on Trask Bridge Road October 10th, 2007 (1)
- 72 Hour Bird List May 20th, 2007
- 72-hour Birding Recap May 25th, 2008
- American Golden-plover August 15th, 2008
- American Pipits on Baxter Road April 10th, 2009
- Anna Page on Saturday November 17th, 2007
- Anna Page Park on July 15 July 15th, 2007
- Anna Page Park on Sunday July 1st, 2007 (1)
- Another Eurasian Collared-dove May 20th, 2008
- Bald Eagle on the Rock River August 16th, 2008
- Baumann Park - Saturday November 26th, 2007
- Birding From the Deer Stand November 24th, 2008
- Birds at Anna Page Park September 24th, 2007 (1)
- Black Terns 7, Dunlin 6. May 24th, 2008
- Black-headed Gull in Chicago March 2nd, 2007
- Black-legged Kittiwake!!! December 29th, 2007
- Black-throated Blue Warbler September 25th, 2007
- Black-throated Blue Warbler May 21st, 2008
- Blackhawk Springs March 6th, 2007
- Blackhawk Springs & eBird March 12th, 2007
- Blackhawk Springs and Oak Ridge F P/Perryville Side April 15th, 2007
- Blackhawk Springs F P May 2nd, 2007
- Blackhawk Springs Forest Preserve March 16th, 2007 (1)
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher April 2nd, 2007 (1)
- bluebird April 6th, 2007
- Bluebirds and a Screech Owl January 30th, 2008 (1)
- Both Crossbill Species at Kishwaukee River Forest Preserve January 30th, 2009
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Cooling Sod Farm, Cherry Valley August 10th, 2008
- Cape May Warbler May 8th, 2007
- Cattle Egret, Am White Pelicans, Black Terns June 15th, 2008
- Chimney Swifts June 27th, 2008 (2)
- Chipping Sparrows, Eastern Towhee December 10th, 2008 (1)
- Clay-colored Sparrow at Blackhawk Springs May 22nd, 2008
- Common Loon and Forster's Tern in Rochelle May 3rd, 2008
- Common Loons, Horned Grebes at Pierce Lake March 22nd, 2009
- Common Redpoll March 18th, 2007
- Common Redpoll March 24th, 2007
- Common Redpoll December 13th, 2007
- Common Redpolls at Severson Dells December 5th, 2007
- Cooper's Hawk vs. House Sparrow January 25th, 2008 (3)
- Crossbills and migrants at Rock Cut March 6th, 2009
- Crossbills at Lowden-Miller State Forest January 24th, 2009 (1)
- Dark morph Redtail March 3rd, 2008 (1)
- Deer Run Cuckoos and Bobolinks May 31st, 2008
- Deer Run Forest Preserve - June 10 June 12th, 2008
- Deer Run Forest Preserve Birding April 5th, 2008
- Deer Run Forest Preserve Field Trip June 14th, 2008
- Deer Run Le Conte's and Henslow's Sparrows May 14th, 2008
- Dual Cuckoos at Home May 26th, 2008
- During a break in the snowstorm April 11th, 2007
- Eastern Bluebirds at Anna Page Park January 27th, 2008 (1)
- Eastern Meadowlarks March 14th, 2007
- Eastern Phoebe March 17th, 2007 (1)
- Eastern Towhee April 5th, 2007
- Espenscheid White-eyed Vireo May 7th, 2008
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow in Winnebago County (!) December 16th, 2007 (3)
- Flock of Snipes April 6th, 2007
- Fox Sparrow March 2nd, 2007
- Fox Sparrows March 14th, 2007 (1)
- Friday morning at Anna Page Park, Rockford November 16th, 2007
- Garden Prairie slough on Friday April 7th, 2007 (1)
- Garden Prairie Slough Sunday April 8th, 2007
- Geese at Howard's farm November 11th, 2007
- Godwit on Tuesday May 20th, 2008 (3)
- Golden-crowned Kinglets & Brown Thrasher March 26th, 2007
- Green Heron on the Rock River August 22nd, 2008
- Green Morph Pine Siskin March 16th, 2009 (1)
- Green-breasted Mango Photos September 24th, 2007
- Hawks April 23rd, 2009
- Henslow' Sparrows, Dickcissels June 16th, 2008
- Hooded Warbler at Rotary Forest Preserve May 13th, 2008 (1)
- Horned Larks Still Numerous March 1st, 2007
- House Wrens and other new arrivals April 22nd, 2007
- Hudsonian Godwit May 18th, 2008 (3)
- Hudsonian Godwit on Monday May 19th, 2008
- Jumpin' Juncos September 29th, 2008
- June 1 in DeKalb County June 1st, 2008
- Kite update on Friday, 8/22 August 22nd, 2008
- Kittiwake not seen, apparently gone December 30th, 2007
- Lapland Longspurs, Snow Buntings on Moody Road March 30th, 2009
- LeConte's Sparrow at Distillery Cons. Area/Boone Co. October 4th, 2008
- Lesser Black-backed Gull at Rock Cut January 12th, 2008 (3)
- Lesser Black-backed is back at Rock Cut January 14th, 2008
- Lib Conservation Area November 3rd, 2007
- Long-tailed Duck, Peregrine et al on Sunday, 12/7 December 7th, 2008
- Mango still present on Saturday, 9/29 September 29th, 2007
- Merlin September 28th, 2007
- Merlin at Lockwood Park January 20th, 2009 (1)
- migration arrivals March 27th, 2009
- Migration Still Going Strong! September 26th, 2007 (1)
- Mississippi Kites at Bloom School August 19th, 2008
- Mississippi River on Sunday March 18th, 2007
- More birds on crane count day April 19th, 2008
- More signs of spring March 27th, 2007
- Mourning Warbler August 22nd, 2007
- Northern Shrike November 14th, 2007
- Northern Shrike at Rock Cut SP February 12th, 2009 (1)
- Northern Shrike still at Rock Cut March 4th, 2008
- Northern Shrikes March 5th, 2007
- October Field Trip October 13th, 2007
- Osprey and Common Loons April 6th, 2007
- Osprey on the Rock River August 22nd, 2008 (1)
- Pecatonica area on March 16 March 16th, 2008 (3)
- Pecatonica area on Sunday, 3/9 March 9th, 2008 (1)
- Pecatonica Forest Preserve on Sunday January 6th, 2008 (1)
- Pecatonica Wetlands - Heron Rookery March 24th, 2007
- Peregrine Falcon March 18th, 2009
- Pine Warbler March 13th, 2007
- Possible imm. Trumpeter Swan March 9th, 2009
- Possible Whooping Crane March 18th, 2007
- Prairie Falcon, Trumpeter Swans January 18th, 2009 (1)
- Prothonotary Warbler April 27th, 2008
- Purple Martins! June 25th, 2007
- Red Crossbills at Anna Page Park January 27th, 2009
- Reddish Barred Owl January 26th, 2008 (1)
- Report from Rock Cut SP March 22nd, 2007
- Rock Cut & airport quarry pond on Sunday 1/13 January 13th, 2008
- Rock Cut (OLson Lake) on Saturday October 13th, 2007
- Rock Cut - No Scoter but Lots of Migrants May 4th, 2008
- Rock Cut Northern Shrike update/Common Redpoll November 25th, 2007
- Rock Cut State Park October 20th, 2007
- Rock Cut State Park - 1/5 January 7th, 2008 (1)
- Rock Cut State Park Birding April 4th, 2008
- Rock Cut State Park Ducks March 17th, 2007
- Rock Cut State Park on May 1 & 2 May 2nd, 2007
- Rock Cut today April 3rd, 2007
- Rock Cut update May 4th, 2007
- Rock Cut Update May 5th, 2007
- Rock Cut White-eyed Vireo June 13th, 2008
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak April 26th, 2007 (1)
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird June 13th, 2007 (2)
- Rusty Blackbird, N Shrike, Bluebirds, etc March 8th, 2007
- Sandhill Cranes and waterfowl March 7th, 2007
- Sapsucker on Lake Summerset BBS June 22nd, 2008 (1)
- Saturday 4/5 April 6th, 2008
- Saturday in the cold January 19th, 2008
- Saturday morning 3/22 March 22nd, 2008 (1)
- Saturday Sightings March 5th, 2007
- Shirland area + Pelicans in Ridott; Loggerhead Shrike April 20th, 2008
- Short-eared Owls at Nachusa March 7th, 2007
- Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs December 24th, 2008
- Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs and Rough-legged Hawks January 11th, 2009
- Snowy Owl December 15th, 2007 (2)
- Snowy Owl and Other Snow Birds December 4th, 2008
- Snowy Owl near Roscoe December 8th, 2007
- Snowy Owl Photo December 8th, 2007
- Snowy Owl report from Marshall County April 9th, 2007
- Snowy Owl Reported at Rockford Airport March 29th, 2009
- Snowy Owl sighting on Sunday, 12/9 December 9th, 2007 (4)
- sounds of spring March 6th, 2007 (1)
- Spencer Park Birds April 26th, 2008
- Stephenson and Lee Counties March 13th, 2009
- Stephenson County on March 7 March 8th, 2009
- Stilt Sandpipers July 18th, 2008 (2)
- Sugar River Alder FP on Sunday April 7th, 2008
- Sugar River Yellow-throated Warbler April 18th, 2009
- Summer Tanager May 3rd, 2008
- Surf Scoter at Rock Cut October 17th, 2008 (12)
- Surf Scoter at Rock Cut SP May 2nd, 2008
- Swamp Sparrow March 25th, 2007
- The Eagle has Landed October 27th, 2008
- The Purple Martin Conservation Association March 19th, 2008
- Thursday AM Kite Update August 21st, 2008
- today's birds February 28th, 2007 (1)
- Tree Swallows March 12th, 2007
- Turkey Vulture March 4th, 2007
- Update on Yellow-crowned Night-heron July 11th, 2008
- Upland Sandpipers, Henslow's Sparrows, et al. June 16th, 2007 (1)
- Utica Lock and Dam on Saturday January 5th, 2008
- Varied Thrush in Rochelle, IL February 28th, 2007
- Warblers on Crane Count Day April 19th, 2008
- Warblers on Sunday morning May 18th, 2008 (1)
- waterfowl March 12th, 2007 (1)
- Weekend Sightings October 7th, 2007
- Western Meadowlark with Audio April 3rd, 2007
- White-faced Ibis at Thomson Causeway November 1st, 2008
- White-winged Crossbills at Afton FP & Dixon February 14th, 2009
- Winnebago County Drive-by January 13th, 2008 (2)
- Winter birds December 2nd, 2008
- Winter Wren at Espenscheid Memorial March 22nd, 2007
- WW Crossbills January 28th, 2009
- WW Crossbills at Anna Page Park, Rockford February 15th, 2009
- WW Crossbills at Greenwood Cemetery March 1st, 2009
- Yellow-breasted Chat, Henslow's Sparrows and More May 18th, 2008
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron at Sugar River FP May 21st, 2008 (1)
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron, Caspian Terns July 25th, 2008
- Yellow-throated Warbler - Kishwaukee River July 18th, 2007
- Yellow-throated Warbler - Pics July 19th, 2007
- Yellow-throated Warbler at Sugar River FP July 13th, 2008
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Category:
Birding
- (No Title) January 12th, 2008 (1)
- -15 Degrees, Blue Skys and Bluebirds January 19th, 2009 (1)
- 4 goose species on Trask Bridge Road October 10th, 2007 (1)
- 4/16 sightings in DeKalb County April 18th, 2008
- 72-hour Birding Event May 15th, 2007 (5)
- Abundant Berry Crop December 8th, 2008
- Anna Page and Pec River on Sunday April 13th, 2008
- Anna Page Park on July 4 July 4th, 2007 (1)
- another Kite update August 23rd, 2008 (1)
- Backyard Birding May 3rd, 2008
- BACKYARD RB Grosbeak April 23rd, 2008
- Beaver construction at Westlake September 27th, 2008
- bird sightings March 29th, 2008 (1)
- Bird Sightings at Rock Cut- May 6th May 6th, 2008
- Black Terns September 13th, 2008
- bluebird March 25th, 2008
- bluebird April 9th, 2008
- Broad-winged Hawks return April 15th, 2008
- Brood XIII Cicadas Make Good Bird Food May 25th, 2007
- can someone advise as to birding hotspots is WI August 3rd, 2007 (1)
- Chimney Swift April 11th, 2008
- comment April 24th, 2007
- Common Loon at Westlake April 4th, 2009
- Common Redpoll at 9484 Yale Bridge,Rockon,IL January 19th, 2009 (1)
- Cooling Sod Farm, Cherry Valley August 21st, 2008
- Cooper Hawk April 17th, 2009
- Countdown to the Rockford Count December 19th, 2008
- Dark morph Redtail March 3rd, 2008 (1)
- Dark Roughleg January 12th, 2009
- Deer Run Forest Preserve June 13th, 2007
- Deer Run Forest Preserve Field Trip June 14th, 2008
- Dells rather dead, but interesting May 5th, 2008
- Eastern Meadowlark April 17th, 2009
- Espenscheid April 17th, 2009
- Feb 16 February 16th, 2008 (1)
- Field Trip to Afton - Saturday, 11/16 November 16th, 2007
- Field trip to Starved Rock for gull watching - Sat. Jan 17 January 16th, 2009
- Franklin Creek and Nachusa Grasslands April 28th, 2007
- Gangbusters! May 7th, 2008
- Garlic Mustard Pesto June 17th, 2007 (1)
- Green-breasted Mango Photos September 24th, 2007
- Happy New Year! January 1st, 2008
- Highway 38....shorebirds and traffic! September 7th, 2007
- Hot Birding July 31st, 2007 (1)
- Hudsonian Godwit May 18th, 2008 (3)
- I Love Birds! April 26th, 2007
- It's raining birds August 19th, 2007
- Kishwaukee CBC results January 16th, 2009
- Kishwaukee River Forest Preserve June 6th, 2007
- Klehm on Sunday 2/24 February 24th, 2008
- Lesser Yellowlegs Sandpiper September 3rd, 2008
- Mango still present in Beloit September 23rd, 2007
- Marbled Godwit, Wilson's Phalaropes at Roscoe May 17th, 2008
- Mississippi Kite August 28th, 2008 (1)
- Mississippi Kite September 8th, 2008
- Mississippi Kite update August 20th, 2008
- Mississippi Kite update August 29th, 2008
- Moody Road April 12th, 2008 (1)
- Mute Swans at Rock Cut SP April 22nd, 2009
- Need help ID this bird. July 28th, 2008 (2)
- New Yard Bird April 17th, 2008
- Night-heron still there, one godwit gone May 22nd, 2008 (1)
- Northern Shrike in Boone County December 14th, 2008
- Now I'm convinced that spring is really coming March 14th, 2008 (1)
- NW county waterfowl etc March 16th, 2008 (1)
- NW flooded fields -- waterfowl and pipits March 30th, 2008
- Pelicans April 27th, 2009
- Pierce Lake March 14th, 2008 (2)
- Pine Siskins and Snowy Owl question December 4th, 2008
- Plea to Bird at Pecatonica Wetlands April 29th, 2007 (1)
- Red Wing Blackbirds March 3rd, 2009
- Red-tailed Hawk April 17th, 2009
- Reddish Barred Owl January 26th, 2008 (1)
- ROBINS!!! Zillions! November 7th, 2008
- Rock Cut Ducks and More March 15th, 2008 (1)
- Rock Cut Field Trip This Saturday September 23rd, 2008
- Rock Cut lakes April 8th, 2009 (2)
- Rock Cut Monday May 14 May 14th, 2007
- Rock Cut SP on June 4 June 4th, 2008
- Rock Cut SP Pierce Lake birds January 12th, 2008 (2)
- Rock Cut State Park Birding September 27th, 2008 (1)
- Ross's Goose and other odds and ends December 1st, 2007
- Rusty Blackbirds March 28th, 2009
- Saturday morning, northwest Winnebago County April 19th, 2008
- Save Our State Parks October 16th, 2008
- Severson Dells on Sunday May 11th, 2008
- shorebirds March 27th, 2009
- Snow Buntings December 19th, 2007
- Snow Geese at Baumann Park October 13th, 2008
- Snowy Owl update December 25th, 2007
- Snowy Owls in LaSalle and Dekalb counties February 7th, 2009 (1)
- Some spring count birds May 11th, 2008
- Some Spring Count highlights May 11th, 2008
- sorry- that should read "in" WI August 3rd, 2007
- Sparrow Jackpot May 19th, 2007
- Spring Bird Count Recap May 6th, 2007
- Sunday morning west of Roscoe & Rockton July 20th, 2008 (1)
- Sunday with Kites @ Bloom September 21st, 2008 (7)
- Sunday, June 8 in Winnebago Co. June 8th, 2008
- tasty tidbits January 20th, 2008 (2)
- Tennessee Warbler ??? August 6th, 2008 (3)
- Trumpeting in the CBC count week December 17th, 2008
- Western Meadowlarks April 9th, 2008
- White Pelicans and other migrants April 12th, 2009
- White-fronted Geese at Howard's farm February 28th, 2009
- White-throats April 24th, 2007
- Winter Wrens October 1st, 2008
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Category:
Birding Hotspots
- fall shorebird habitat August 3rd, 2008 (1)
- Pecatonica Wetlands - Heron Rookery March 24th, 2007
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Category:
Birding Tips
- A place to check for winter finches November 25th, 2007
- Another shorebird spot August 3rd, 2008 (2)
- nesting season caution March 18th, 2007 (1)
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Category:
Birding Tools
- DeKalb Birding List April 13th, 2008 (2)
- Duck Stamps For Conservation July 3rd, 2007 (2)
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Category:
Blackhawk Springs
- Olive-sided Flycatcher August 14th, 2007
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Category:
Colored Sands
- Golden-winged Warbler September 21st, 2008
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Category:
Deer Run
- Deer Run Forest Preserve Field Trip June 14th, 2008
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Category:
Events
- Boone County Cons. areas closed for weekend deer hunting October 12th, 2008
- Christmas Bird Counts September 29th, 2007 (1)
- Earth Day - April 26th April 1st, 2008
- New Christmas Bird Count (next year) October 31st, 2007
- Rockford CBC final report December 28th, 2007
- Rockford Christmas Bird Count December 7th, 2007
- The Mysteries and Miracles of Nature August 29th, 2007
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Category:
Field Trips
- Field trip to Starved Rock for gull watching - Sat. Jan 17 January 16th, 2009
- IOS Gull Frolic Field Trip date change! February 6th, 2009
- Saturday's Field Trip to Illinois Beach State Park [cancelled] September 9th, 2008
- Starved Rock Field Trip Report January 17th, 2009
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Category:
Garden Prairie Slough
- Garden Prairie and Rock Cut April 18th, 2009 (1)
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Category:
Kishwaukee River
- Both Crossbill Species at Kishwaukee River Forest Preserve January 30th, 2009
- Yellow-throated Warbler - Pics July 19th, 2007
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Category:
Nygren Wetlands
- Nygren Wetlands water levels July 27th, 2008
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Category:
Questions
- Baumann Park - Saturday November 26th, 2007
- Blackhawk Springs & eBird March 12th, 2007
- Possible Nature Photography Club Startup June 6th, 2007 (2)
- question regarding controlling sparrows April 2nd, 2007 (6)
- Request for late hummingbird sightings October 1st, 2007 (5)
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Category:
Rare Birds
- Curlew Sandpiper in DuPage County August 23rd, 2008 (1)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow in Stephenson County April 16th, 2009
- Golden-crowned Sparrow still in Stephenson Co. April 20th, 2009 (2)
- Green-Breasted Mango September 19th, 2007 (2)
- Hoary Redpoll at Friday feeder February 12th, 2009
- Mississippi Kite update September 13th, 2008 (1)
- Mississippi Kites at Bloom School August 19th, 2008 (1)
- Mississippi Kites at Bloom School August 19th, 2008
- Snowy Owl in southern Wisconsin March 7th, 2009
- Spotted Towhee in Ogle County January 25th, 2009 (3)
- Spotted Towhee is back at Friday's! February 21st, 2009 (1)
- Western Kingbird near Orangeville September 6th, 2008
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Category:
Rock Cut State Park
- Garden Prairie and Rock Cut April 18th, 2009 (1)
- Osprey and Common Loons April 6th, 2007
- Rock Cut - No Little Blue June 15th, 2008
- Rock Cut Ducks and More March 15th, 2008 (1)
- Rock Cut Field Trip Roundup March 22nd, 2009 (1)
- Rock Cut State Park - 1/5 January 7th, 2008 (1)
- Rock Cut State Park Birding September 27th, 2008 (1)
- Rock Cut State Park Field Trip March 29th, 2008
- Rock Cut today April 3rd, 2007
- Rock Cut, Saturday July 7 July 9th, 2007 (2)
- Third hand report of Little Blue Heron June 14th, 2008
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Category:
Rotary
- Hooded Warbler and Lots of Butterflies June 26th, 2008 (2)
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Category:
Seward Bluffs
- Dozens of Dickcissels June 28th, 2008
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Category:
Sugar River
- Sugar River Yellow-throated Warbler April 18th, 2009
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Category:
Trip Reports
- Rockford CBC (preliminary report) December 16th, 2007 (1)
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Category:
Updates
- (No Title) March 6th, 2007
- 2007-2008 Calendar of Events Updated July 25th, 2007
- Area Bird Count Updates May 26th, 2007
- Blog Update January 17th, 2008
- Earth Day Event at Rock Valley College April 17th, 2007
- eBird March 26th, 2007
- Field Trip and Meeting Schedule Updated August 6th, 2008
- Green-breasted Mango Last Showing... October 1st, 2007
- Gull Frolic Update February 20th, 2009 (1)
- Illinois Birding Calendar August 27th, 2007 (1)
- Instructions to Post Photos on Blog August 5th, 2008
- Kites still present September 17th, 2008 (1)
- Swarovski 80HD Spotting Scope for Sale October 2nd, 2008
- Website & Blog Update April 10th, 2007
- Welcome to the NCIOS Blog! February 15th, 2007 (1)
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