More, please!
February 29, 2016 - After eating all the seed scattered on the deck, the squirrel is looking hopefully at the squirrel-proof bird feeder. Th...
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Chickadee Communication
February 27, 2016 - This is an outstanding sunny in the 40s F day for being outside and birding. Selected this photo to blip because the chi...
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Squirrel Blip Friday
February 26, 2016 - Skinny little squirrel and squirrel friend have gained weight since we put a bird feeder out back. Six weeks ago they lo...
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Walk in the Woods for a Common Grackle
February 25, 2016 - I've not posted a picture of a common grackle before. It's a large blackbird with iridescent plumage which will eat almo...
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Indoors today
February 24, 2016 - ...caulking, cleaning, baking. That's an odd lot of chores, but that's it. We've had wind and snow flurries much of the...
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American Robins Returning North
February 23, 2016 - One week ago our church grounds started teeming with robins, and I believe they are birds migrating north. Around Valent...
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Mr. and Mrs.
February 22, 2016 - Mr. and Mrs. House Finch enjoy dinner. They are everyday customers of this restaurant. They always order the same meal o...
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Starling Portrait
February 21, 2016 - Color flares added for interest via colored radial filters in Lightroom.
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Hooded Merganser
February 20, 2016 - While not the greatest photo, this picture has a small amount of personal significance. Although the hooded merganser is...
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Canada Goose head and shoulders
February 19, 2016 - Degree of difficulty of this photo is not high, but I like this picture better than a couple flower photos I took in the...
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Winter Visitor
February 18, 2016 - The fox sparrow is a winter visitor to the Chicago area, migrating north for the summer breeding season sometime in the...
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Play day
February 17, 2016 - Decided that today I would just just play around and look for something interesting. rather than working so hard to get...
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Sandhill Crane and Optical Illusion
February 16, 2016 - Stopped at Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn, Illinois after running an errand in Lombard. WWC rehabilitates/car...
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Looking for a red bird
February 15, 2016 - It's been a totally gray day, so went to the park looking for a red bird. Needed some bright color! I've been told you c...
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Bedlam
February 14, 2016 - This is an example of the mob scene at the backyard bird feeder this afternoon. About 35 sparrows and finches vied for s...
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Eagle Proxy
February 13, 2016 - Went to the Yorkville dam with high hopes for good eagle photos. After getting out of the car, popped a few quick shots...
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Snowy Morning Bald Eagle
February 12, 2016 - About 45 minutes before this photo there was little visibility across the river due to heavy snow flurries. The flurries...
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Nice Cold Day for Eagles
February 11, 2016 - Took a roundabout way to lunch, driving north on Illinois Rt. 25 by the Fox River looking for bald eagles. Spouse commen...
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Swans on the Fox
February 10, 2016 - A pair of mute swans were swimming and feeding above the Yorkville, Illinois dam on the Fox River. Much of the river is...
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Dusting of Snow
February 09, 2016 - The usual group of birds were present at Saw Wee Kee Park, including 10 cardinals. With slight snow flurries and a dusti...
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The Nerdery Photo Club
February 08, 2016 - Daughter Laura has taken over scheduling photo club activities for her employer, the Chicago office of The Nerdery softw...
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First time visitor
February 07, 2016 - Placed suet cakes on the deck rail four days ago. After two days the house sparrows decided the metal contraption was no...
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Lady Cardinal
February 06, 2016 - Lady cardinal at Saw Wee Kee Park. Waited out an hour of cloudiness for the sun to break through, and this and a few sim...
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Red-Bellied Woodpecker Close Up
February 05, 2016 - The red-bellied woodpeckers at Saw Wee Kee Park like to eat suet, but shelled peanuts and raisins were the preference to...
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Chillin' on a Sunny Day
February 04, 2016 - Chillin' on a sunny day, or is that sunning on a chilly day?
Daughter Laura is going to sell her Naperville condo and...
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European Starling
February 03, 2016 - This is another in a series of bird portraits. There are more than 200 million starlings in North America, all of which...
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Rain or Shine
February 02, 2016 - Rain or shine, sparrows, finches, and juncos keep coming back for a free lunch at the feeder. It sleeted and then rained...
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Never Enough Zoom
February 01, 2016 - I've concluded that one can never have enough magnification for outdoor photos. A nice long zoom and 1.5x crop camera bo...
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