Today I saw a kestrel atop a backyard spruce near Taylor Park on Oak Park. At Riis the kestrels are sometimes atop a tall tree by the swimming pool or atop tall oaks north of the lagoon. Merlins are sometimes atop the same perches that kestrels use.

Just keep checking the tops of tall trees in parks and tall antennas on schools and other buildings. Don't look just once -- look multiple times during a visit.

Here's the eBird checklist for my Sunday morning visit to the Reading Garden, with 10 bird species and a few more photos: ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Gulls Eating Stuff web portal: citsci.org/projects/gul...

Here's the link to my eBird checklist from Saturday morning, March 8, with 25 species a a few more photos: ebird.org/checklist/S2...

I've been seeing small numbers of robins all winter on the west side of Chicago. Today I heard two robins sing!