Cerulean Warbler!!!

This morning we birded Rock Cut State Park in Illinois where we saw 47 species including my lifer Cerulean Warbler!!

After we left Rock Cut, we drove to Wisconsin and birded Big Hill park. The highlights of Wisconsin were Hairy Woodpecker young being fed in a cavity, an Osprey, and six Sandhill Cranes in a field along the highway! Wisconsin was beautiful! Here is a photo that I took out of the window while we were driving...

Tonight we are staying in Minnesota and the plan for tomorrow is to drive to North Dakota for some more birding!

Chicago Northwest KOA

This morning I was out on my back porch and got Hooded Warbler as a new yard bird!!

Margaret and I left this morning from my house at 7:45! We drove through Ohio and Indiana and made it to Illinois earlier this afternoon. We are staying in a campground and it has been rainy but we have seen 10 species in between the rain drops! I am looking forward to tomorrow when we will start some serious birding in Illinois and Wisconsin!

Driving through Chicago, Illinois