Northern Illinois Birder

A novice birder's observation of birds and other natural wildlife with wings ... or maybe not with wings...

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Ring-billed Gull

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Ring-billed Gull looking for a fishy handout Ring-billed Gulls were very common along the Mississippi River, last weekend while was on a b...
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Great Egret

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Another tall wading bird that I saw last weekend, on my trip out on the Mississippi River, is the Great Egret (also posted pics of the Great...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Double-crested Comorant

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When a friend of mine gave me tour of the Mississippi River (Near Palisades State Park) on his boat last weekend, the number of Double-crest...
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

American White Pelicans

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White Pelicans have one of the largest wingspans of any North American bird at nine feet long. They need large strong wings to carry them ai...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

American White Pelicans

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I've seen American White Pelicans in several locations in the past few years: Yellowstone National Park, WY, Rowe Wildlife Sanctuary alo...
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Hello, I have always been interested in birds, undoubtedly influenced by my mother and grandmother. As a young boy I remember paging through my parents' bird books. Both my Mom and Grandma would identify birds by both their songs and their looks. I enjoy nature and being out in it as often as I am able. Being a teacher helps - as I have much of the summer to do just that. I have done some nature and wildlife photography, but until a few years ago I never thought about photographing birds thinking that it would be too difficult - too small and too flighty. After a few thousand photos, my girlfriend suggested that I open a blog sharing some of the pictures that I have taken and hopefully will be taking in the future. During the 3 years that have been writing this blog, I have graduated from my first camera, a Sony Digital, to my 2nd, a Canon Rebel T1i, to finally my 3rd and current camera - Canon EOS7D. I started with the standard 18-55mm lens, which I soon found was totally impractical. I then purchased a Canon 55-250mm which I used for quite some time, until I bought a Sigma 150-500mm.and finally sold that one and replaced it with a Sigma 150-600mm, my current birding lens.
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