Chicago during fall migration is the happiest place on earth! Unless you are the rabbit that I saw a juvenile Cooper's Hawk eating right outside the gates of Lincoln Park Zoo... I added FIVE species to my life list this morning. I know if you are an experienced birder, you are rolling your eyes at me, since most of these birds are pretty common. But to me, this is super cool!
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| Killer Cooper's Hawk |
Dark-eyed Junco in the shrubs on the edge of North Pond.
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| Dreamy Dark-eyed Junco |
About a dozen Northern Flickers, a type of woodpecker that pecks at ants on the ground near North Pond Restaurant. Absolutely beautiful colors and pattern!
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| Northern Flicker |
A teeny tiny Ruby-crowned Kinglet, cousin of the Golden-crowned Kinglet I saw over the weekend.
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
A White-throated Sparrow. So many sparrows today, this little guy as well as more white-crowned sparrows and house sparrows.
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| White-throated Sparrow |
Thanks to pinterest and all the birding websites for these fabulous photos. My blurry pics are not worth posting... Quincy was patient during my two hour birding walk this morning. He even found a nice place to perch.
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| Quincy the happy Husky. :) |
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