A most unusual view of a Weeping Cabbage Palm Tree at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois.
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Phriday Photo – Two Hawks and a Dog
We went to Rock Cut State Park in northern Illinois this past weekend for some hiking and birding. Normally we see Red-tailed Hawks alone but this tree held two of them. Bella spotted them first; a true bird(ing) dog!
Phriday Photo – Sign in the Forest Preserve
This sign is at Sugar River Forest Preserve in Winnebago County (northern Illinois). It’s directed at campers and is fairly large (and funny).
Phriday Photo – Starling Flock
A large flock of European Starlings taking off from a field in the industrial park. Taken with an iPhone at a fair distance, but the flock is the dark streak in the middle. The flock in flight:
Phriday Photo – Cutting Down Our Christmas Tree
A photographic recap of our trip to a local tree farm to cut down this year’s Christmas tree. Belgium Draft Horses leading groups out to the fir trees Dakota, excited to get chopping! Susie Jennie and Dad Deciding what tree is best Dad and Eddie (Birdfreak) with the “perfect” tree Dakota doing the sawing Eddie
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Phriday Photo – Loon on Smith Lake
A poor shot in poor lighting of a Common Loon way up in the northwoods of Wisconsin @ Smith Lake.
Phriday Photo – Killdeer on Nest
On a recent naturalist studies outing with my nephew Dakota we discovered an ornery Killdeer. She scolded us as we walked by in the parking lot before we realized she had 4 beautiful eggs she had been sitting on. We snapped this quick photo before giving her lots of space. From a distance you couldn’t
Phriday Photo
In January the Birdfreak Team split forces between Ohio and Illinois. Jennie got a new job and she and her son Dakota moved to northwest Ohio while Eddie and the rest of the clan remain in north central Illinois. Ohio is home to many wonderful bird lovers and conservationists and the birding is great. Dakota
