in NORTHERN ILLINOIS DURING 9-11 JUNE 2007 within Ogle County at the Lowden-Miller State Forest and nearby fields Ogle county's avifauna has changed since the 60's, 70's, and 80's. I led Ogle County's Spring Bird Counts from 1971 to 1985. My 2007 visit grew my Ogle list to 239 by 4: Pileated Woodpecker, Hooded Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, and Pine Warbler. Jack Keegan mentioned seeing the woodpecker, but the warblers just weren't here in those days, at least not as breeding birds. I didn't encounter any Worm-eatings at Site 36, and I blame cicadas on drowning out any Cerulean Warblers. (Malcolm Mark Swan)

32 s	View of Beaver gnawings  looking toward the Rock River
30 s	Great Spangled Fritillary  butterfly feeding on red clover flowers
42 s	Periodical Cicada  adults walking and flying with many others heard singing
73 s	Wild Turkey  males spreading tails and females walking nearby
21 s	Pileated Woodpecker  male preening from atop a 25-foot snag
55 s	Broad-winged Hawk  adult harassed by crows, uttering an alarm cackle
10 s	Acadian Flycatcher  male looking around, flying up, then trilling out of view
24 s	Acadian Flycatcher  male calling and singing, then trilling out of view
16 s	Acadian Flycatcher  male flying, calling, and singing
20 s	Acadian Flycatcher  adult calling repeatedly
6 s	Eastern Kingbird  adult taking flight from a fence wire
35 s	Yellow-throated Vireo  male singing and hopping up a bare branch
18 s	Yellow-throated Vireo  male singing, then preening and singing a little
9 s	Veery  male pumping tail up when flicking its wings
33 s	Veery  male singing from forest undergrowth
25 s	Veery  male (presumably) vibrating its throat
23 s	Veery  male singing in reaction to hearing a tape
43 s	Sedge Wren  male singing from a fence wire
21 s	Tree Swallow  adult feeding young in a nest box
23 s	Northern Rough-winged Swallow  adult perched on a branch overlooking the Rock River
36 s	Savannah Sparrow  male singing softly on a fence wire
31 s	Blue-winged Warbler  male calling and twitching its tail
27 s	Blue-winged Warbler  distant male singing from an exposed perch
58 s	Blue-winged Warbler  male singing and preening from an exposed perch
18 s	Yellow Warbler  male carrying food to young (not visible)
15 s	Yellow Warbler  immature male foraging and calling
22 s	Chestnut-sided Warbler  male singing about 30 feet high in a tall pine with deciduous understory
46 s	Chestnut-sided Warbler  male singing about 30 feet high in a tall pine with deciduous understory
32 s	Black-throated Green Warbler  male singing and foraging high in canopy
17 s	Black-throated Green Warbler  male singing and foraging high in canopy
68 s	American Redstart  female calling and feeding a fledgling Brown-headed Cowbird
50 s	Ovenbird  male singing on dead branch in the forest understory
50 s	Hooded Warbler  male singing from a branch in the forest midstory
33 s	Scarlet Tanager  male singing at rather close range
13 s	Scarlet Tanager  male singing once before flying down
16 s	Scarlet Tanager  male hopping sideways along a branch
33 s	Dickcissel  male flipping around while singing from a telephone wire
25 s	Dickcissel  male singing on a telephone wire
13 s	Rose-breasted Grosbeak  female callling in the presence of many loud cicadas
4 s	Rose-breasted Grosbeak  male taking flight, showing underwing
36 s	Rose-breasted Grosbeak  female calling
23 s	Rose-breasted Grosbeak  male singing
29 s	Western Meadowlark  adult uttering two different calls
70 s	Bobolink  male singing atop a bush in a hedgerow (by a grain field)

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