On May 30, I posted a photo of a redstart female building her nest. I returned to the location at the Hinsdale setbacks last Thursday. Altho...

In early May, I watched a chickadee excavating this hole in a birch snag along the bike path at Hinsdale setbacks. I did not get a photo of ...

On the Rock River behind my home, two pair of Common Mergansers were foraging and coyly courting until I wandered a little too close along t...

In the last week and a half I have seen lots of breeding evidence, with a few opportunities to photograph this activity. When Vermont did ...

There is always a temptation to overlook the common birds, especially when there are so many new arrivals filling the airwaves with song and...

The backyard has been very busy in the last couple of weeks. This is just a sample, beginning with the four pair of Evening Grosbeaks and th...

Ooops! I forgot to bring the feeders in two nights ago, and the bear took down the suet and destroyed the tube feeder. Blame it on the littl...