On Saturday, July 12, 2014, Daniel Freburg and I went birding locally in McLean County. We started at the spillway at Lake Bloomington, where we observed several swallow species and some Cedar Waxwings. We both enjoyed viewing the swallows through our binoculars as they zoomed around the spillway catching insects in the air. Next we stopped by the Gridley Wastewater Treatment Ponds where we found the Willet shown above and below. Willet is a rare bird for McLean County.
We also saw numerous Barn Swallows, 12 Spotted Sandpipers, two Least Sandpipers, and even a Cedar Waxwing that landed on one of the concrete blocks by one of the ponds. Here is one of the Spotted Sandpipers.
And here is one of the numerous Barn Swallows we saw.
We also stopped at the El Paso Sewage Treatment Center where we saw a Snow Goose.
Written and published on February 5, 2015
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