In fall, his log records that he chased and discovered rarities such as the red-necked grebe that has been gorging on various fish in Sand Pond at the south unit of Illinois Beach State park in Zion for more than a week. He also reported seeing a black-necked stilt that rested for just a few hours in a little farm field pond along Peterson Road in Grayslake before it took off to continue its migration, never to be seen in Lake County again this year. And he reportedly saw a white-faced ibis, which typically lives in the western part of the United States.