Location – Siloam Springs State Park is located approximately 25 miles east of Quincy, Illinois in Adams and Brown Counties.
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Siloam Springs LakeÂ
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Gorgeous colors of autumnÂ
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Ferns spread across several banks near the springs.Â
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Bushes showing off their fall fruit.Â
My wife and I (and our two dogs) camped for two nights in this lovely Illinois State Park the 27-29 of October, 2006. The fall colors were still going strong but many of leaves have already fallen. We hiked several different trails which wander through the woods down to the original mineral springs.
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We found this interesting scratching post alongside the trail where some animal had been sharpening its claws up to about four feet on a tree.Â
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There are several stands of pine trees and Whispering Pines area lived up to it’s name.
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A few White-breasted Nuthatchs were calling back and forth through the pines and this one paused momentarily.
Bigfoot Perspectives – We only scratched the surface exploring this 3,323 acre forest with it’s 12 miles of hiking trails and 58 acre lake. The lake is stocked with 8 varietes of game fish.
In two nights of doing all night recordings many choruses of coyotes we heard.Â
Coyote group 1
Coyote group 2
Coyote group 3
Coyote group 4Â
We also heard a multitude of Barred Owls.Â
Barred Owl 1
Barred Owl 2
Barred Owl 3
Barred Owl 4
Barred Owl 5
Barred Owl 6
Barred Owl 7
Barred Owl 8Â
Northern Flicker were heard during the daytime.
Early morning we were treated to a chorus of robins, crows, screech owls and white-breasted nuthatches.
 Pine Tree chorus
Previous sightings – there was a daylight sighting just south in Pike County. The witness is now serving in Iraq so I am waiting for his safe return to finish the report. Also in Pike County I
have a vocalization report although the witness had no other evidence.