A bird you might miss in the Barrington area unless you know something of its habits and movements is the common nighthawk
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If there were a prize offered for the most elegant among songbirds, the cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) would be a serious contender.
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One of the more stunning species that nests in the Barrington area is the scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea). Even a momentary glimpse
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Update: On the morning of June 9, 2015, Jim Bodkin and George Pierce of Citizens for Conservation with Robert Sliwinski, the original
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A frequently overlooked bird that returns to the Barrington area each spring, sometimes as early as late March, is the eastern towhee
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If you have been the least bit attentive to bird activity or song these days, no doubt you have noted the return
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As I write this profile near the end of a frigid February, there is little indication that migrants will begin to return
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It’s that time of year again! A new season of eleven upcoming Spring Bird Walks & Hikes with naturalist Wendy Paulson will
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Recently a friend emailed me about a scene he observed outside the window of his kitchen in the early morning: “There is
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Citizens for Conservation, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and the Village of Barrington have once again collaborated to complete the
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If you’ve always wanted to pitch in and help Citizens for Conservation refurbish the rookery island in Baker’s Lake with our discarded
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The migrant birds mostly departed the Barrington area a couple months ago. A few may linger – some bluebirds, robins, perhaps even
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Is there any sound more attention-catching than the bugle of the sandhill crane? Loud, deliberate, trilling, it is apt to emanate from
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Most of the neo-tropical migrants, long-distance fliers that spend the non-breeding season in Central or South America, have left the Barrington area
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Thinking of the Midwest and its birds, one does not readily envision shorebirds, those species generally associated with coastal beaches. But every
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