First Chase of November

Hey guys,
Today I decided to ditch the plans to look for lots of Tiger Salamanders, Newts and other stuff to go look for a very rare bird. They aren't historically chaseable, and the last IL one was in 2015. A few days ago two of them were found at Carlyle Lake in Clinton County, which is about 5 hours away for me. Then the other day another was found at a retention pond only 2 hours away in McLean County. You may call me a loon for going that far for a bird. You might also think I'm loony for not having said what bird I went to chase today. I went for a loon. I went for a Pacific Loon. The only other one I'd seen was one flying away on the open ocean in Alaska. I think I'm going to count this one as my lifer. #325 for Illinois life!

All for now,
Simon

Posted on November 4, 2020 04:43 AM by