Jeanette also maintained and collected data from 3 acoustic monitoring stations; two stations at Skokie River NP and one at Greene NP. Ravine and Coastline Geomorphology Monitoring: In partnership with Hey and Associates, the summer interns established monitoring points throughout Greene NP and successfully recorded two sets of data that have helped with our Phase II design work. Bluebird Monitoring: Total number of fledged birds throughout the monitoring period: ◊
Bluebirds 149; Tree Swallow 201; Wren 31; Black-capped Chickadee 6 Bluebird monitors logged 166 hours this season with an additional 125 hours being spent on repair, construction, and installation of the boxes themselves. This year they added eight new boxes to Deerpath Farm NP.
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This year our first purple martin scout showed up April 23, the first eggs were laid May 19, the first babies hatched June 7, with the last fledglings leaving on July 20. 87 eggs were laid, 70 birds hatched, and 58 birds fledged! Breeding bird surveys were conducted at two sites this year, Mello’s Preserve at Westfork Savanna and Carruthers NP. During the monitors’ visits they counted 66 species across the two sites. Of note, while setting monitoring points a juvenile great horned owl was spotted at Mello’s Preserve at Westfork Savanna suggesting there is a nesting spot in the woods there. Cicada monitoring conducted by Lake Forest College was completed from May through August: This study will continue through 2026 and looks at finding the relationship between cicada emergence and ant populations. Partnered with the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum to reinvigorate LFOLA’s frog call monitoring throughout the preserves: Recruited three new volunteers to monitor at Mello’s Preserve and Deerpath Farm NP. This will be the first monitoring opportunity available since 2019.
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