[wisb] Re: Elaenia---Yes

Still there as of this morning!!!


--Chris W, Richland County
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On Apr 20, 2012, at 16:05, "Jym Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins" 
<hopmoon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I waited a day to see if the Elaenia was going to stick around in Chicago or
> if it was a one-day wonder, but today I decided to go for it.  Like Greg, as
> I got out of my car two birders standing by the trees next to the Field
> House said they had just seen the mystery bird.  I got two decent but brief
> looks at it, and got clear views of two of the ID points being discussed: a
> white center to the bird's crown and two wing bars with a faint third wing
> bar above.  I hung out with a rotating group of birders (maybe 15 all told,
> but not all at once) for almost two hours, and we had several fleeting
> glimpses of the Elaenia.  I tried getting photos, but it was a real
> challenge as the bird spent most of its time flitting about in the upper
> third of the trees, and often just sat still and hid out for periods of
> time.  The photos I did get were fairly poor, but still, what a thrill to
> see this unusual, lost bird.  
> 
> Jym Mooney, Milwaukee
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