Picked up a bunch of Lifers on a day trip to the Illinois river with some friends. Also had a couple state lifers like Neotropical Cormorant there.
Birds
May 17, Crystal Lake Park
248. Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
May 19, Mason Co. finally got Grasshopper sparrow
249. Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
250. Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (Lifer)
Havana substation
251. Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii)
252. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) (Lifer)
253. Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) (Lifer)
254. Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) (Lifer)
Mason Co.
255. Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Emiquon NWR South Globe Unit, Fulton Co.
256. Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) (Wild)
257. Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Emiquon NWR
258. Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
Meadowlark spot near Hayworth, McLean Co.
259. Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) (Lifer)
Reptiles
Emiquon NWR South Globe Unit, Fulton Co.
5. Common Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)
Sag Quarries, Cook Co.
6. Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum) (Lifer)
Amphibians
Half Day FP, Lake Co.
1. American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
2. Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)
Timber Ridge FP, Dupage Co.
3. Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)
Inverts
64. Little wood satyr (Megisto cymela)