White Ibis - immature, the bill is quite red and different than the dark-billed bird at Mitchie. Fountain, Monroe County, July 21, 2010.
White Ibis - immature, Mitchie, Monroe County, June 29, 2010.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, American Bottoms, Monroe County, June 25, 2010.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - female carrying nest material, Rt. 15 and Frank Scott Parkway - Walgreens parking lot, Belleville, St. Clair County, June 23, 2010.
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Two Rivers NWR - Calhoun Wetlands Area, Calhoun County, June 18, 2010.
Neotropic Cormorant, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, June 17, 2010.
Bewick's Wren, Siloam Springs State Park, Adams County, May 31, 2010.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Rt. 161 & Pelican Road, Santa Fe Bottoms, Clinton County, May 23, 2010.
Burrowing Owl, American Bottoms, Monroe County, May 22, 2010. photo - Keith McMullen
LWHG - 1st cycle, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, April 4, 2010 - long legs, flat crown, large bill, white head and breast suggest - L. michahellis. more photos
Iceland Gull - 1st cycle, Kaskaskia River, Clinton County, March 6, 2010 - An extremely white individual with a pale based bill.
European Herring Gull - 2nd cycle, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, February 20, 2010 - more photos
Slaty-backed Gull - 1st cycle, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, February 15, 2010 - more photos
Mew Gull - 1st cycle, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, January 24, 2010 - note R6 nearly all dark on both inner and outer webs. See Pyle (2008) figure 476.
Orange-crowned Warbler, Lake Shelbyville, Moultrie County, January 2, 2010
Pine Warbler, Lake Shelbyville, Moultrie County, January 2, 2010
Laughing Gull - basic adult, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, December 29, 2009
European Herring Gull - 1st cycle, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, December 26, 2009 - more photos
Little Gull - basic adult, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, October 31, 2009
Western/Clark's Grebe - intermediate type, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, October 25, 2009
Western Wood-Pewee - black bill, call, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, October 18, 2009
Cinnamon Teal - eclipse drake, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, October 9, 2009
Western Wood-Pewee - black bill, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, September 13, 2009
Whimbrel - juvenile, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, September 11, 2009
"Western" Flycatcher, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, September 7, 2009
Tricolored Heron - juvenile, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, August 23, 2009
Mottled Duck, Santa Fe Bottoms, Clinton County, August 5, 2009
Roseate Spoonbill - juvenile, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, July 30, 2009
Neotropic Cormorant - juvenile, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, July 30, 2009
Brown Pelican - juvenile, Two Rivers NWR, Calhoun County, July 23, 2009
Western Grebe - summer vagrant, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, July 19, 2009
White Ibis - juvenile, Wabash Bottoms, Wabash County, July 18, 2009
Mottled Duck with Mallard, Kidd Lake SNA, Monroe County, July 15, 2009 - more photos
Royal Tern - basic adult, La Salle Lake, La Salle County, July 9, 2009
Swainson's Warbler - territorial male, Jackson County, July 9, 2009
Western Kingbird - nesting, American Bottoms, Monroe County, June 27, 2009
Tropical Kingbird - adult female, Spring Branch, Bond County, June 18, 2009
Tropical Kingbird - adult female, Spring Branch, Bond County, June 15, 2009
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Bischoff Road, Madison County, June 2, 2009
Anhinga - female, Lower Cache River, Pulaski County, May 31, 2009
Tricolored Heron, Fairmont City, St. Clair County, May 24, 2009
Black Vulture, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, April 11, 2009
Vega Gull - basic adult - far right, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, March 8, 2009 - more photos
Western Gull/Slaty-backed Gull - 1st cycle, Carlyle Lake, Clinton County, January 28, 2009 - more photos
Caspian Gull - basic adult, Mel Price L&D, Madison County, January 25, 2009 - more photos