10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2015
Musselman of Quincy Illinois is generally credited with originating the bluebird conservation movement that extended beyond local boundaries. Every spring I look forward to monitoring my bluebird trails when I not only get to watch Western Bluebirds develop from eggs to fledglings, but other cavity nesters as well.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Ridgway, born in 1850 in Mr. Carmel, Illinois, was a boy many of us would recognize; all he wanted to do was bird. The team explored Nevada and Utah, with Ridgway collecting thousands of bird specimen, plus nests and eggs for the Smithsonian. And, draw birds. And, identify the birds he saw and drew.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2018
He pointed out that Illinois had been sadly neglected up to this point, so Redgannet made a special visit to Chicago to redress this oversight. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. Stripe-headed Sparrow – Peucaea ruficauda.
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