2009 Vol. 18 Number 4
122 Sandhill Crane colt survival in northeastern Illinois
– Jeffrey Fox
128 Aggressive interaction between a Sora and Virginia Rail during spring migration
– John G. Palis
129 The 2009 Illinois Statewide Spring Bird Count
– Vernon M. Kleen
140 Field Notes: The 2009 spring migration
– Travis A. Mahan
Note: The Index to Meadowlark Volume 18 will be published online at www.illinoisbirds.org
78 Winter gull identification challenges at Carlyle Lake and Melvin Price Locks and Dam in Illinois
– Dan Kassebaum
80 Fifteenth report of the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee
– Douglas F. Stotz
86 The 2008/2009 CBC Season
– Paul Sweet
97 In Memoriam: Laurence C. Binford and L. Barrie Hunt
99 Field Notes: Winter season 2008/2009
– Kelly J. McKay
42 IOS awards seven research grants
46 Changes in 2009 to the list of threatened and endangered birds of Illinois
– Jeffery Walk
50 An innovative approach to understanding the Yellow-breasted Chat, a declining neotropical migratory bird
– Mark G. Alessi, Thomas J. Benson, and Michael P. Ward
54 Yard Birds:
Reflections on backyard birding throughout Illinois
Watching hawks from a lawn chair in your yard
– Robert Fisher
56 IOS field trip produces another lifer for another member
– Greg Neise
57 Field Notes: The 2008 fall migration
– Douglas F. Stotz
2 Birdnotes from a bygone era
– Steven D. Bailey
8 Mississippi Kites nest in Rockford:
Illinois’ most northerly breeding record
– Dan Williams
12 Field Notes: The 2008 breeding season
– Steven D. Bailey
122 Illinois Breeding Bird Population Trends: 1980 – 2006
– James R. Herkert
126 Bird Finding Guide: Boone County
– Daniel Williams
130 The 2008 Illinois Statewide Spring Bird Count
– Vernon M. Kleen
140 Field Notes: The 2008 Spring Migration Season
– Travis A. Mahan
Note: The Index to Meadowlark Volume 17 will be published online at www.illinoisbirds.org
82 Carlyle Lake Gulls: a season of rarities with notes on how and when to locate them
— Dan Kassebaum
86 A potential first North American record of ‘Kamchatka’ Mew Gull away from Pacific Ocean
— Bill Rudden
89 Three rare sea ducks in central Illinois
— Matthew Winks
91 Ruddy Turnstone: first Illinois CBC record
— Carolyn Marsh
92 The 2007/2008 Illinois Christmas Bird Count
— Paul Sweet
103 Field Notes: The 2007/2008 winter season
— Kelly J. McKay
42 The Plover Project:
Key stopovers, regional abundance, and habitat associations of American Golden-Plovers in the Grand Prairie Region
– Ben O’Neal and Mark Alessi
48 Fourteenth Report of the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee
– Douglas F. Stotz
55 Bird finding guide:
Hardin County’s “Rock Route”
– Eric Walters
58 Yard Birds:
Reflections on backyard birding throughout Illinois
– Robert Fisher
60 Field Notes: The 2007 fall migration
– Douglas F. Stotz
79 Index to Volume 16
– Renee Baade
2 On the hunt for Sprague’s Pipit:
a composite of Sprague’s Pipit observations from Southern Illinois and Southwestern Missouri with tips on locating the bird
– Dan Kassebaum and Joe Eades
7 IOS awards five grants for important research projects
– Robert Fisher
10 Yard Birds
Reflections on backyard birding throughout Illinois
– Robert Fisher
13 Field Notes: The 2007 breeding season
– Steven D. Bailey
122 Calls, captures and collisions:
Triangulating three census methods to better understand nightly passage of songbird migrants through the Chicago region during May
– Melissa Schramm, Jacqueline Fiala, Terese Noe, Paul Sweet, Annette Prince, Caleb Gordon
130 Summer Tanager visits jelly feeder in DuPage County
– Melinda Born Chapman
131 The 2007 Illinois Statewide Spring Bird Count
– Vernon M. Kleen
141 Field Notes: 2007 spring migration season 141
– Travis A. Mahan
Note: The Index to Meadowlark Volume 16 will be published as an addendum or in a future issue.
82 A Barnacle Goose in LaSalle County 82
with a discussion on provenance of North American and Illinois records
– Michael L. P. Retter
85 Birding little-known spots in Jackson County
– Rhonda Monroe Rothrock
88 Black-headed Gull at Montrose, Cook County: first documented record in Illinois in nearly 20 years
– Sheryl DeVore
91 The 2006/2007 Illinois Christmas Bird Count
– Paul Sweet
106 Field Notes: The 2006/2007 winter season
– Kelly J. McKay
