I’d gone back and forth on coming to the Carlyle Lake trip. It was supposed to rain locally, and I […]
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Category: Field Trip Reports
Field Trip Report – IOS Shorebirding Weekend
Despite high water conditions, field trip participants were able to observe more than 100 species over the course of the […]
Read More → IOS Field Trip Report – Mississippi Palisades
On May 12, IOS sponsored a field trip to Mississippi Palisades State Park and nearby wildlife areas near Savanna (Carroll […]
Read More → Smith’s Longspur Field Trip Report
Let’s see…. Foggy, raining, and cold after our first two gorgeous spring days of 2018 here in Illinois?? It can […]
Read More → Loonapaloonza 2018 Field Trip Report
Twenty-six intrepid observers participated in the third Loonapaloonza mini-coach tour of some lakes in both McHenry and Lake counties. Bagels, […]
Read More → Sax-Zim Bog Field Trip Report – Feb 2018
It has been several years since IOS hosted an out of state birding trip. The increasing reports of boreal species […]
Read More → 2017 Carlyle Lake Pelagic Wrap Up
My First “Pelagic” Trip “I’m not talkin’ ’bout pleasure boatin’ or day sailin’. I’m talkin’ ’bout workin’ for a livin’. […]
Read More → IOS Shorebirding Weekend Recap
On August 19 and 20, more than fifty birders joined IOS for an excellent weekend of birding in central Illinois. […]
Read More → Spring Tune Up Field Trip Report
With much appreciation for our enthusiastic field trip leader and “Southern Specialty Steward,” Keith McMullen, seventeen participants enjoyed this year’s […]
Read More → Smith’s Longspur Field Trip Report
I had the pleasure of leading an Illinois Ornithological Society field trip for Smith’s Longspurs in McLean County this morning […]
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