Still there as of this morning!!! --Chris W, Richland County Sent from my iPod 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 > > > > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding > Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn > > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn