Birds of Barrington with Wendy Paulson | Song Sparrow
Can there be a sweeter or more convincing herald of spring than the song sparrow? Certainly the bugling cries of sandhill cranes streaming overhead in...
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Birds of Barrington with Wendy Paulson | Common Goldeneye
January through April are prime months for ducks in the greater Chicago area and Barrington is no exception. Their location depends largely on where the...
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Birds of Barrington with Wendy Paulson | Of Music & Mourning Doves
With the approach of the Christmas season, thoughts turn to traditional holiday music. Among the most popular carols is “The Twelve Days of Christmas” which...
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Birds of Barrington with Wendy Paulson | Rare Northern Shrike Sightings in Barrington
Several recent appearances of an uncommon visitor to the Barrington area prompt me to add it to the growing assemblage of Barrington bird profiles. I...
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Birds of Barrington with Wendy Paulson | Tale of the Turkey Vulture
Several years ago – actually, it may have been twenty! – there was a message on our voicemail from a neighbor to let me know...
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Birds of Barrington with Wendy Paulson | Song of the Sedge Wren
There are not a lot of birds singing this time of year. Most species have nested, raised their young, and have either scattered or are...
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Birds of Barrington with Wendy Paulson | Dickcissel Discovery
For many migrant birds that nest in the Barrington area, it’s easy to predict where and when they’ll appear for their annual sojourn. Year after...
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Birds of Barrington with Wendy Paulson | American White Pelican
Barrington hosts a fair number of large birds, ones that exceed four feet in length or six feet in wingspan. Think great blue heron, Barrington’s...
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Birds of Barrington with Wendy Paulson | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
A bird that I’ve come to associate with early spring is the blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) , a woodland sprite that returns in early to...
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Birds of Barrington with Wendy Paulson | American Woodcock
When I first became a serious birder while living in northern Virginia, I heard friends talk about the Amercian woodcock (Scolopax minor) and its extraordinary...