Carlyle Lake Birding Report - Clinton, Bond & Fayette County, IL - April 12-14, 2024 - Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Wild Turkey, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Sora, American Coot, American Golden-Plover, Killdeer, Pectoral Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, American White Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, American Kestrel, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Warbling Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Horned Lark, Tree Swallow, Purple Martin, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Brown Thrasher, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, House Sparrow, American Pipit, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Eastern Meadowlark, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Brewer's Blackbird, Common Grackle, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Northern Cardinal. Updated: April 14, 2024.

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Totality and a glimpse of the chromosphere by way of Buckner, Franklin County, April 8, 2024.

Totality and a glimpse of the chromosphere by way of Buckner, Franklin County, April 8, 2024.

Henslow's Sparrow - Denmark Unit, Perry County, April 8, 2024.

Red Admiral - Chenot Place, St. Clair County, April 7, 2024.

Red-shouldered Hawk - Chenot Place, St. Clair County, April 7, 2024. Waiting as I refill the bird bath. 

Vesper Sparrow - Santa Fe Bottoms, Clinton County, April 6, 2024.

Cooper's Hawk - South Shore, Clinton County, March 28, 2024.

Blue-winged Teal - Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, March 27, 2024.

Morning roost of Double-crested Cormorants and four Neotropic Cormorants - Old Kaskaskia River Channel, Clinton County, March 24, 2024.

Red Fox - Saddledam #1, Clinton County, March 23, 2024.
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