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Afton Forest Preserve

This past Monday, some of the Birdfreak Team hit the trails of Afton Forest Preserve in Dekalb County, Illinois.

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It was windy with on and off rain, making it a tad difficult to hear where the birds were coming from. We did hear Bobolinks, Sedge Wrens, and Common Yellowthroats as well as Red-winged Blackbirds and Eastern Meadowlarks. Their songs were swirling around us in the wind.

Birdfreak Birders

Since it was too hard to photo the birds, we settled on a snake and some kind of thistle(?).

Garter Snake

Thistle?

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  1. larry says:

    I’m glad I’m not the only one who has difficulty getting good pictures of birds.-You’re other photos are excellent thoug.

    Posted on: June 7, 2007 @ 5:43 pm

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