Sam Dale Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area - Illinois Department of Natural Resources
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 38.53676, -88.59327
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| Fox Run Trail Parking |
TRAIL MAP:
Sam Dale Lake SFWA Brochure - Illinois Department of Natural Resources
HIKE DISTANCE:
Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area, IL - Fox Run Trail - 4.2 miles
hiked together with a 3/4 mile drive to
Sam Dale Lake State Conservation Area, IL - Pin Oak Trail - 2.7 miles
THE HIKE:
After a month in St. Louis, Missouri clearing out my mother's house, heading back home to New Jersey. For day 1 of the drive-and-hike, due to the weather forecast, I had to scrap my original return hiking plans and come up with hikes earlier in the morning before the temps reached into the 80's with high humidity and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
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| There were so many birds inclucing newly arriving migrants that I put a list at the end. |
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| Not a migrant but the only one I got a picture of: white-throated sparrow. |
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| I have seen more red-headed woodpeckers on this trip than I have in my entire life. |
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| Some careless person left a fishing hook on the picnic table. It is there no more. |
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| Coming up on the end of the trail. |
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| Heading back. |
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| That suicide sign makes me think people have driven their cars off the ramp into the lake? |
American Crow
American Goldfinch
Baltimore Oriole
Blue Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Canada Goose
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Northern House Wren
Northern Parula
Pine Warbler
Red-headed Woodpecker
Tufted Titmouse
Upland Sandpiper
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-throated Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Ever since I saw this I think about it whenever I use the Merlin Bird ID App.
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