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A kind birder pointed this bird out to me during an afternoon's foray into Montrose Beach area two summers ago. It's a Ruddy Turnstone, alone,...
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Find out more about Ken: Ken is a Philippine-born scientist and photography nut who lugs his camera everywhere. He blogs at uncommonphotographers.net. When not taking pictures of photographers photographing, you can find him in his lab at Columbia College advising high school students on their science fair projects. |
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This duck is one of the dabbling ducks (those that spring right from the water and that tip their bills while feeding) that frequent the Chicago...
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A flock of dowitchers taking off from Montrose Beach. I am not sure whether they're long- or short-billed dowitchers, most probably short-billed....
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About a year ago, there was a lone mute swan at Lincoln Park's North Pond. Such a beautiful bird. It was there at the end of winter, for about two...
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American coot is a common waterbird often mistaken for a duck. This one was swimming alone near the North Ave. Beach. They belong to the rail family...
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I've seen these birds in two places in the Chicago area - in Montrose Point and in the Chicago Botanic Garden (above). They're the largest of the...
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Caspian tern among ring-billed gulls, Montrose Beach The Caspian Tern is a large gull-like tern with a black cap, white body and brilliant thick red...
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A Northern Flicker foraging for food on the ground in Chicago's Lincoln Park. Northern flickers are large woodpeckers with beautiful brown plumage...
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A female cowbird at the Chicago Botanic Garden. This bird is called a 'brood parasite' - it deposits its eggs in...
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The punk rocker of the bird world. Green Heron (Butorides virescens) at the North Pond in Lincoln ParkThis small wading bird is common in wet spots...
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