Jay N. “Ding” Darling Brush and ink drawings of Mallards by Jay N. “Ding” Darling, a famous cartoonist and noted conservationist. The artist was chief of the Biological Survey, a precursor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, from 1934 to 1936. “Ding” conceived the idea of using duck stamps to raise money for the
Category: Photography
Phriday Photo – Happy 232nd Birthday!
Have a wonderful Fourth of July and celebrate this great country. We may have our problems (who doesn’t?) but this is still a great place to live (and not just for the birds).
Phriday Photo – Red-headed Woodpecker HDR
In order to take High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos of birds you have to be quick and they have to be pretty still. Movements on either end make the photo a bit junky, although a little bit is correctable. Photo 1 – Underexposed (-2) Photo 2 – “Normal” Exposure (0) Photo 3 – Overexposed (+2)
Phriday Photo – Rock Cut State Park in HDR
One of our favorite birding spots is Rock Cut State Park. It consists of over 3,000 acres of prime birding habitat and attracts a lot of visitors (which is good and bad). This photo is HDR – High Dynamic Range – which is a unique way to photograph by merging various exposures into one, “high
Phriday Photo – Killdeer Crossing
This Killdeer parent was discovered at Deer Run Forest Preserve and had four young chicks. The chicks mistakenly came out in the open, but were well protected by their aerial mom (or dad).
Phriday Photo – Orchard Oriole
Our 3,000th photograph on the photo-sharing website, Flickr is no other than a first summer male Orchard Oriole
Phriday Photo – White-eyed Vireo
We have seven species of vireos in northern Illinois but this is probably our favorite.
Phriday Photo – Black-throated Blue Warbler
Perhaps our favorite warbler for two reasons: 1) He looks cool and 2) Only time we’ve ever seen him is in our backyard! Just add water and warblers magically appear! Note: We are out in the field for our 72-hour bird count. We will recap the three-day event in a few days. Besides checking bird
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