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Birding Blitz teams raced across southern Illinois on foot, bike, and vehicle to see and document the most bird species in 24 hours. Seven teams reported seeing a variety of species like: glossy ibis, Mississippi kite, peregrine falcon, least bittern, summer tanagers, red-eyed, white-eyed and Bell’s vireos, marbled godwit, American pipit, American avocet, loggerhead shrike, scissor tailed-flycatcher, Mississippi kite, black-necked stilt, yellow-crowned night -heron, Bobolinks; and 30 species of warblers that included cerulean, blue-winged, worm-eating, and bay-breasted. Birding Blitz teams documented a grand total of 190 species of birds in the 2009 competition. Winning teams from the five competing categories are listed below. The winning team “SI Hotshots” were the overall winners with 159 species recorded. Over $3300.00 was raised through Birding Blitz pledges alone. The majority of funds raised will be used for restoration in the Cache River Watershed.

Open A - Big Day Winners:

• SI Hotshots: 159 species - Keith McMullen, Mark Seiffert
• The Hooters: 154 species – Steve Bailey, Doug Stotz, Dan Williams, Craig Taylor

Open B - Dawn to Dusk:

• No participants in this category for 2009

County Big Day:

• The Crab Orchard Orioles: 129 species (Williamson County) - Joe Merkelbach, Trevor Hinckley

Muscle-powered:

• Cocoa Billed Cuckoos: 135 species – Rhonda Rothrock, Vicki Lang-Mendellhall, Don Mullison, Steven
   Juhlin
• Team COS: 129 species - Christine Williamson, Geoffrey Williamson
• Harriers: 117 species - Amber Albores, Matt McKim-Louder

Over 55:

• Ole Coots: 94 species –Bob Drennan, Nelda Hinckley, Dennis Hale, Mary McCarthy

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