Fran Morel

Meadowlark 2008 – Vol. 17, No. 2

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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

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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

Meadowlark 2008 – Vol. 17, No. 1

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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

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10 Yard Birds
Reflections on backyard birding throughout Illinois
– Robert Fisher

13 Field Notes: The 2007 breeding season
– Steven D. Bailey

Meadowlark 2007 – Vol. 16, No. 4

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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

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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.

Meadowlark 2007 – Vol. 16, No. 3

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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

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91 The 2006/2007 Illinois Christmas Bird Count
– Paul Sweet

106 Field Notes: The 2006/2007 winter season
– Kelly J. McKay

Meadowlark 2007 – Vol. 16, No. 2

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42 The long, slow exodus of Chimney Swifts in fall 2006
– Paul R. Clyne

47 Illinois Beach State Park Hawk Watch records first Swainson’s Hawks
– Vic Berardi

48 IOS awards two grants for research on Red-headed Woodpeckers and American Golden -Plovers in Illinois

49 In Memoriam Birders, friends, teachers
Ben Gelman, Jerry Kumery and James Landing

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53 Seasonal Highlights
-Western and Red-necked Grebes: from one slough to another
-For Say’s Phoebe, visit a hawk watch
– Sheryl De Vore

54 Yard Birds
Reflections on backyard birding throughout Illinois
– Robert Fisher

56 Thirteenth report of the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee
– Douglas F. Stotz

62 Field Notes: The 2006 fall migration
– Douglas F. Stotz

Meadowlark 2006 – Vol. 15, No. 4

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122 Jackson Park: worst migration ever?
– Paul R. Clyne

124 MacGillivray’s Warbler in Kane County: second state record
– Scott Cohrs

125 Yellow-throated Warbler at Vermilion County feeder
– Marilyn F. Campbell

125 Selected instances of Yellow-throated Warblers at feeders
– Sheryl De Vore

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127 Yard Birds: Reflections on backyard birding throughout Illinois
– Robert Fisher

129 The 2006 Illinois spring bird count
– Vernon M. Kleen

140 Field Notes: 2006 Spring Migration
– Travis A. Mahan

Note: The Index to Meadowlark Volume 15 will be published as an addendum or in a future issue.

 

Meadowlark 2007 – Vol. 16, No. 1

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2 Illinois’ first breeding Trumpeter Swans in modern times,
with comments on national and Midwestern reintroduction programs
– Sheryl DeVore and Eric Walters

7 Wintering Trumpeter Swans in Southern Illinois
– Dana Varner and Michael Eichholz

10 Scarlet Tanager assists Summer Tanager with nesting activities in Cook County
– Wes Serafin

12 Observations of nesting Red -headed Woodpeckers at Bluff Spring Fen, Cook County
– Arlene Koziol

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14 Photo Gallery
Red -headed Woodpecker breeds successfully at Plum Creek Forest Preserve, Cook County
– Emil Martinec

16 Yard Birds
Reflections on backyard birding throughout Illinois
– Robert Fisher

18 Field Notes: The 2006 breeding season
– Vernon M. Kleen

39 Index to Meadowlark Volume 15
– Compiled by Renee Baade

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82 The love song of Catharus guttatus:
Hermit Thrushes singing in Illinois
– Paul R. Clyne

86 Juvenile Hermit Thrush in Chicago
– Geoffrey A. Williamson

87 Memory Lane: The 1978 Chicago Ross’s Gull
– Carolyn A. Marsh

Photo Essays
90 Bald Eagles in winter
– Mary Kay Rubey
92 Winter birds of Illinois
– Mary Kay Rubey, Matt Fletcher, Chris Young

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93 The 2005/2006 Illinois Christmas Bird Count
– David B. Johnson

104 Field Notes: The 2005/2006 winter season
– Kelly J. McKay

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42 Inca Dove: first state record
– Homer and Amber Hanson

43 Invasion of the doves: Illinois and regional patterns in a national context
– Steven D. Bailey

48 Sooty Tern specimen from Illinois 48
– H. David Bohlen

49 Hurricane Dennis delivers a Sooty Tern to Carlyle Lake
– Dan Kassebaum

50 Magnificent Frigatebird in DuPage County
– Robert Fisher

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51 Bird Finding Guide
An Important Illinois Bird Area: Lost Mound Unit of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
– Dan Wenny, Ed Anderson and Randy Nÿboer

57 Twelfth report of the Illinois Ornithological
Records Committee
– Douglas F. Stotz and David B. Johnson

61 Field Notes: The 2005 fall migration
– Douglas F. Stotz

80 Erratta Sheet for “The Birds of Illinois”
– By H. David Bohlen

Meadowlark 2006 – Vol. 15, No. 1

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2 Arrival dates and recapture patterns of spring migrant songbirds in northeastern Illinois
– Chelsea Bueter, Ben Larsen, Kim Lawser, Karina Nikogosian and Caleb Gordon

10 Bald Eagles attempt to nest near industrial park in Kane County
– Karen Lund

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11 Bird Finding Guide
An Important Illinois Bird Area: Pyramid State Recreation Area
– Jeff Walk, Joe Merkelbach and Terry Esker

16 Book Review
“Hawks from every angle, How to identify raptors in Flight,” by Jerry Ligouri
– Vic Berardi

18 Photo Gallery
Pileated Woodpecker: Nesting Success
– Chris Young

19 Field Notes: 2005 breeding season
– Vernon M. Kleen

39 Index to Meadowlark Volume 14
– Compiled by Renee Baade

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