January 2015

  2002 Vol. 11 Number 2

 

Articles

42 State’s First Confirmed Nesting White -throated Sparrow
– Christine Williamson

43 Unusual Breeding Season Status of the White -throated Sparrow in Illinois
with Comments on Other Unusual Summer and Breeding Records for the Eastern U.S.
– Steven D. Bailey

State’s Two Northernmost Records for Wood Stork
52 First -Year Wood Stork in DuPage County
– Nancy Bent and Sandy Woltman
54 First -Year Wood Stork in Kane County
With Comments on High Numbers from Regional Reports for Summer /Fall 2001
– Robert A. Montgomery

56 New Hawk Watch Begins at Illinois Beach State Park
– Vic Berardi

57 The Making of a Hawk Watcher
– Vic Berardi

59 Two Instances of Non -traditional Nesting Sites for Least Terns in Illinois
With Notes on Historic and Nearby Breeding Season Occurrence
– Steven D. Bailey

62 Green -tailed Towhee in Forest Park: State’s Ninth Record
– Robert Morgan

63 Eighth Report of the IORC
– Douglas F. Stotz and David B. Johnson

Departments

68 Field Notes: The 2001 Fall Season
– Robert T. Chapel

  2002 Vol. 11 Number 1

 

Articles

2 The Un- Natural History of Barn Swallows in an Old Dairy Barn
– Lauren E. Brown

8 Illinois’s “First” Reported Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Nest
– Steven D. Bailey

12 Seventh Illinois Arctic Tern Record and Attempted Breeding with Common Tern in Lake County,
With a Summary of Regional Records and Notes on Identification
– David B. Johnson

17 Nesting Ring -billed Gulls on a Rooftop in Des Plaines, Illinois,
With Comments on Similar Occurrences in the Eastern United States and England
– Alan Anderson

22 IOS Research Grant Announced

Departments

Essays

23 Unusual Nest Site Selections: Opportunists or Just Desperate?
– Mary Hennen
24 Tree Swallow Behavior at Lyman Woods
– Richard Hospers
25 Making Amends to a Carolina Wren
– Audrey Wiseman

26 Field Notes: The 2001 Breeding Season
– Vernon M. Kleen

  2001 Vol. 10 Number 4

 

Articles

122 First Illinois Record of the Brown-headed Nuthatch
– Brad Semel

124 The History and Status of Jaeger Migration in Illinois
– Steven D. Bailey

131 The 2001 Illinois Statewide Spring Bird Count
– Vernon M. Kleen

Departments

139 Bird Finding Guide
A nature field guide to the Illinois River Valley at Chautauqua and Emiquon National Wildlife Refuges
– Thomas V. Lerczak

142 Photo Quiz: Answers from Vol 10:3 Issue
– Steven D. Bailey

143 Seasonal Highlights
The big day that almost wasn’t: fourth Snowy Plover record for Illinois
– Dan Kassebaum
Curlew Sandpiper in Lake County
– Robert Erickson
Jersey County Anhinga
– Joe Suchecki

146 Field Notes: The 2001 Spring Migration
– Paul R. Clyne

159 Index

  2001 Vol. 10 Number 3

 

Articles

82 Illinois’ First Confirmed Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
– Dan Kassebaum

84 Illinois’ Second Confirmed Long-tailed Jaeger
with Notes on the Species’ Identification, Behavior, Status, and Inland Migration
– Steven D. Bailey

93 The Status of Gray Partridge
In Illinois: An Update
– Daniel Williams

95 Who Knew? A Smew! (Mergellus albellus)
– Robert Chapel

97 The 2000/2001 Illinois Christmas Bird Count
– David B. Johnson

Departments

96 Photo Quiz
– Steven D. Bailey

109 Field Notes: The 2000/2001 Winter Season
– Kelly J. McKay

  2001 Vol. 10 Number 2

Articles

42 Illinois’ First Red -cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
– Paul Sweet

46 The Effect of Land Practices on Waterfowl in Illinois
– Stephen P. Havera

52 Seventh Report of the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee
– Douglas P. Stotz

Departments

59 Seasonal Highlights:
Sharp- tailed Sandpiper

60 Bird Finding Guide: Little Known, Overlooked or Forgotten Birding Spots
Breeding Season in Central Illinois: Fox Ridge State Park, Lincoln Trail State Park, Mill Creek County Park, and Fairmont Quarry
– Robert Chapel

64 News from the Literature
Forest Fragmentation

65 A Bird By Any Other Name
– Jim Landing

66 Fall Field Notes: The 2000 Fall Migration
– Robert Chapel

  2001 Vol. 10 Number 1

 

Articles

2 First Illinois Nesting Record for Painted 2 Bunting (Passerina cirus)
— Dan Kassebaum

5 Use of Historical and Current Bird Banding Data to Detect Avian Population Trends in Suburban Illinois
— Kathleen A. Savaiano and Jerald J. Dosch

11 Chicago’s Birding Jewel: The Magic Hedge
— James Landing

Departments

18 Bird Finding Guide
Birding McLean County Part 2: Bloomington-Normal
— Michael L.P. Retter

21 Book Reviews: “The Sibley Guide to 21 Birds” and “Birds of North America”
— Dan Williams

24 Field Notes
The 2000 Breeding Season Report
— Vernon M. Kleen

  2000 Vol. 9 Number 4

 

Articles

122 Illinois’ Next New Bird 122
– Eric Walters and Josh Engel

127 Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni) Visits Evanston/Skokie
– Eric Walters

129 The Illinois 2000 Statewide Spring Bird Count 129
– Vernon M. Kleen

Departments

136 Bird Conservation Network
– Judy Pollock

137 Seasonal Highlights – Spring Migration 2000
– Eurasian Wigeon, Black Rail, Arctic Tern, Painted Bunting

141 Field Notes:
The 2000 Spring Migration
– Paul R. Clyne

159 Index to Meadowlark
Volume 8, Nos. 1 -4
– Renee Baade

  2000 Vol. 9 Number 2

 

 

Articles

42 Birding Illinois 100 Years Ago: Part II – Of Waterfowl and Whooping Cranes
– Sheryl DeVore

44 Struggling in the Wind: Getting Started in Hawkwatching
– Vic Berardi

50 The Sixth Report of the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee
– Douglas F. Stotz and David B. Johnson

56 A Pacific Loon Visits Vulcan Lake in McHenry County
– Victoria M. Buchwald

57 Little Gull Summers in Lake County
– Eric Walters

Departments

59 Ask The Ornithologist
Birds of the Corn and Soybean Desert
– Steven D. Bailey

62 Bird Finding Guide
Chicago Urban Birding: A Site Guide for A Dynamite Downtown Hot Spot
– Christine Williamson

65 Illinois Bird Clubs: Birds of a Feather
Chicago Ornithological Society
– Jenny Vogt

67 The 1999 Fall Migration
– Robert Chapel

  2000 Vol. 9 Number 3

 

Articles

82 The Widespread Invasion of Northern Shrikes
(Lanius excubitor) in Illinois in’winter 2000/2001
with comments on the species’ non -breeding demographics
– Steven D. Bailey

91 A Remarkable First Illinois Record: Scott’s Oriole (Icterus parisorum)
– Pam Sprout

93 A Rare Central Illinois Record for Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

94 Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) Livens Winter in Urbana
– Elizabeth J. Chato

95 The 1999/2000 Illinois Christmas Bird Count
– David B. Johnson

Departments

107 The 1999/2000 Winter Season
– Kelly J. McKay

  2000 Vol. 9 Number 1

 

Articles

2 Birding in the New Millennium
– An Essay by Christine Willliamson

7 Birding Illinois 100 Years Age: Part 1
Birds of the Chicago Area at the Turn of the 20th Century
– Sheryl De Vore

9 Black- necked Stilt Young Found in Southern Illinois Two Consecutive Years
– Rhonda Monroe

10 Western Kingbird Nests in Sangamon County, Illinois
– H. David Bohlen

11 First Breeding Record of Little Blue Heron for Northeastern Illinois
– Walter Marcisz

13 Building a Nest Tower for Chimney Swifts
– Cathie Hutcheson

15 Loafing Behavior of Ring-billed Gulls
-William Moskoff, Alla Fooks, Irina Ovrutskaya, Priscilla K. Carson Lindberg, and Valerie Ward

17 Band -tailed Pigeon in DeWitt County
– Dale Birkenholz

17 Second White-winged Dove for Illinois
– Robert Hughes

18 Singin’ the Bicknell Blues
– Scott Hickman

20 A Challenge for Illinois Birders:
Separating Bicknell’s from Gray -cheeked Thrush
– Steven D. Bailey

Departments

22 Bird Finding Guide
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
– Angella D. Moorehouse

25 Field Notes: The 1999 Breeding Season Report
– Vernon M. Kleen