I finally got a decent picture of one of my favorite birds, the Red Headed Woodpecker. There are several of them at Cantigny Park and a sighting of one is always a treat. Usually the bird is too high in one of the large old trees to get a good shot. Today I spotted one [...]
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The Elusive Red Headed Woodpecker
Posted in Birds, tagged birds, Wildlife, woodpecker on July 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Wordless Wednesday: Feed Me!
Posted in Birds, Wildlife, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, robins, Wildlife on June 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Robin fledgling only a few hours out of the nest begs mom for food. More Wordless Wednesday.
Wordless Wednesday: Dinner Time
Posted in Birds, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, photography, WordlessWednesday on May 26, 2010 | 6 Comments »
More Wordless Wednesday.
Bluebirds Building A Nest
Posted in Birds, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Bluebirds, WordlessWednesday on May 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Photo taken at Cantigny Gardens. More Wordless Wednesday.
International Migratory Bird Day
Posted in Birds, Wildlife, tagged birds, Wildlife on May 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) was created in 1993 by visionaries at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. It is celebrated in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Central America through bird festivals and bird walks, education programs, and Bird Day. IMBD officially takes place on the second Saturday in May [...]
Don’t Feed Nesting Geese
Posted in Birds, Wildlife, tagged birds, Geese, Wildlife on April 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been monitoring a goose nest for the past few weeks for NestWatch. The geese, who I call Lucy and Desi, have set up housekeeping in a flower box on the Chicago Riverwalk. She has 5 eggs which should be hatching any day now. At first I thought this would be a bad place to [...]
Red-Winged Blackbirds
Posted in Birds, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, WordlessWednesday on April 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Male Red-winged Blackbird showing off his colors in a mating ritual for a female on a lower branch in a nearby tree. And he was quite noisy too. The female didn’t seem too interested in his display. Photos taken at Cantigny Gardens. More Wordless Wednesday.
A Look Back At Project FeederWatch
Posted in Birds, tagged BackyardBirds, birds, Project FeederWatch on April 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The 2009-2010 season was the first time I took part in Project FeederWatch. I’ve always provided nestboxes and water for my bird visitors but until this year I didn’t have feeders. I was surprised to find there were birds inhabiting my trees that I’ve never seen in the backyard such as red-bellied woodpeckers and white-breasted [...]
Chicago River Geese
Posted in Birds, Wildlife, tagged birds, chicago, Wildlife on April 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On nice days I like to go for a lunchtime walk. Today I was walking along the Chicago River and there was a goose sitting in one of the planters. Geese will nest in some pretty strange places so I suppose it could be a female sitting on some eggs. I don’t know enough about [...]
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