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Snowtastrophe
Posted in Photos, tagged Photos, Snow on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Weekend Birding: Red-bellied Woodpecker
Posted in Birds, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Photos on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Red-bellied Woodpecker is a year round resident in my yard. This medium-sized woodpecker can be found in the eastern half of the United States. They prefer the tall woodland trees but can be enticed to backyard feeders with offerings of suet or peanuts. This female is often in my yard. I was potting some [...]
White-Crowned Sparrow
Posted in Birds, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Photos on November 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For a week or two in early autumn and early spring the White-crowned sparrow visits my suburban Chicago backyard. I look forward to his visit in spring, not so much in autumn as I know winter will soon follow. This is a migratory native North American sparrow that spends it’s summers mainly in Canada and [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Cedar Waxwing
Posted in Birds, Garden, Photos, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Photos, Wordless Wednesday on October 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Birds, birds everywhere at Cantigny Gardens last weekend. This Cedar tree was filled with about 50 Waxwings. This is a fairly common bird but you’ll only see them if you look up. They like to travel in flocks and can be seen eating berries in fruit trees or catching insects in mid-air. More Wordless Wednesday.
Dinner Guest
Posted in Birds, tagged birds, hawk, Photos, Wildlife on September 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As I’ve said, I like to provide food for any of the birds that show up in my yard. I didn’t exactly mean I’d serve little birds to the hawks, but sometimes it happens that way. This Cooper’s Hawk buzzed the feeders this evening and then perched on the fence for a few minutes. I [...]
Christmas Bird Count
Posted in Birds, Photos, Wildlife, tagged birds, Photos on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday I participated in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count at Cantigny Gardens, part of the counting circle for the Dupage Birding Club. The longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place between December 14, 2009 and January 5, 2010. From Alaska to Antarctica, tens of thousands [...]
Red-tailed Hawk
Posted in Birds, tagged birds, Photos on November 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Photo taken at Cantigny Gardens. More Wordless Wednesday.
Hairy Woodpecker
Posted in Birds, tagged birds, Photos on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend I went on a bird walk at Cantigny Gardens. We saw 26 different species, which is pretty good for Northern Illinois in November. Two of them were first time birds for me, a Hairy Woodpecker and a Belted Kingfisher. The Kingfisher flew away before I could get a picture, but the Hairy Woodpecker [...]
Backyard Bird Watching
Posted in Birds, Project FeederWatch, tagged birds, Photos on November 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Project FeederWatch began this weekend. Armed with my tally sheet and camera I paid extra attention to the feeders to count the birds. It was not a busy weekend, probably due to the red-tailed hawk that has been scouting the area. I counted the usual gang of house sparrows, lots of squirrels, a pair of [...]
Chickadee Strikes a Pose
Posted in Birds, Photos, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Photos, WordlessWednesday on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More Wordless Wednesday.
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