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Christmas Bird Count

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 [...]

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Red-tailed Hawk

Photo taken at Cantigny Gardens. More Wordless Wednesday.

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Hairy Woodpecker

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 [...]

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Backyard Bird Watching

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 [...]

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Chickadee Strikes a Pose

More Wordless Wednesday.

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Autumn Prairie

Saturday was a gorgeous, sunny day with temperatures in the low 70′s, a rare treat for November. It was much too beautiful a day to be indoors so I grabbed my camera and went for a walk in the Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve, an 80-acre remnant prairie, wetland, and savanna complex. The prairie looks [...]

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Immature Cedar Waxwing

Taken with a hand-held camera using a zoom lens. More Wordless Wednesday.

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Pink Dahlia

The dahlia is still blooming. We haven’t had a frost yet. I expect that to change this weekend.

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Backyard Birds

I was having breakfast out on the deck Saturday when I noticed a lot more birds than usual. I grabbed the camera and took some pictures. Here’s who stopped to visit. There was also a blue jay and a pair of cardinals, but they didn’t stay long enough for a photo. This is probably a [...]

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Flowers After the Rain

I like the way the flowers look after the rain stops and the sun returns. Here are a few photos I took last week.

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