An Eastern Phoebe and Eastern Meadowlark were at Montrose this morning. There were also a lot of Song Sparrows around. On the waterfowl front I had 4 Canvasbacks, 3 Green-winged Teal, and 3 American Wigeon flying south along the lake. The trails and paths were wet and muddy but at least the snow and ice are starting to melt.
The Montrose Birding Blog
Bird and Nature Sightings from Montrose Point in Chicago
White-winged Scoters
Eastern Phoebe! Is this an early record for Montrose? Nice blog page.
It seems early doesn’t it?. There was snow on the ground and ice on Lake Michigan, so it still looked and felt like winter. Eastern Phoebes are insect eating birds so I imagine that finding food might be difficult for this individual.
My earliest EP at Montrose was last year on March 11th. Maybe the same guy?