Several years ago – actually, it may have been twenty! – there was a message on our voicemail from a neighbor to
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There are not a lot of birds singing this time of year. Most species have nested, raised their young, and have either
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For many migrant birds that nest in the Barrington area, it’s easy to predict where and when they’ll appear for their annual
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Barrington hosts a fair number of large birds, ones that exceed four feet in length or six feet in wingspan. Think great
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A bird that I’ve come to associate with early spring is the blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) , a woodland sprite that returns
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When I first became a serious birder while living in northern Virginia, I heard friends talk about the Amercian woodcock (Scolopax minor)
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One of the pleasures of winter birding is the search for wintering waterfowl. Ducks that have bred in wetlands at more northerly
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The early birds have been singing again and that can only mean one thing. It’s about time for the return of Wendy
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Recent spells of arctic weather have left many of our natural areas seemingly bereft of birdlife. Except for a crow here and
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Twice during the first week in October I received messages and photos from friends about little birds they had spotted in the
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On a recent bird walk at Beverly Lake in Spring Creek Forest Preserve, our group stood for several minutes in the parking
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For most birds that spend the summer in our area, August is a relatively quiet month. Courtship, nest building, incubation, chick-raising are
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One of our local summer bird residents, despite its dazzling appearance, is so small it often goes unnoticed. Several times in June
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I probably would not have chosen the black-billed cuckoo (Coccyrus erythropthalmus) to profile in Birds of Barrington for some years (when I
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This time of year I eagerly await the arrival of local nesting birds which have wintered elsewhere. One such returnee, a short-distance
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