A flock of Wild Turkeys on the lawn of a house adjacent to Rock Cut State Park, Rockford, IL; 4/1/2013. Along with the Ring-necked Pheas...

BRUSHFOOTS AND AMPHIBIANS A Red Admiral Butterfly, Schoenbrun Nature Conservatory, Door County, WI; 6/20/2012. This Summer I started m...

A Great Blue Heron with a broken bill, Rock Cut State Park, IL; 6/13/2012. Earlier this summer while I was hiking in Rock Cut State Park...

A Black-throated Green Warbler, Rock Cut State Park, IL, 5/20/2012. Another summer warbler that resides in the Rockford area of Northern...

OLD YELLER Yellow Warbler, Rock Cut State Park, Rockford, IL; 5/5/2012. The ubiquitous Yellow Warbler (Above) is perhaps the most comm...

A male Common yellowthroat showing itself briefly in Deer Run Forest Preserve, Cherry Valley, IL: 7/1/2012. Of the 46 Wood-Warblers list...

THE WARBLERS ARE COMING! THE WARBLERS ARE COMING!  It's still only mid-August, but birders throughout Illinois are reporting that t...

Juvenile Green Heron, Rock Cut State Park, IL; 7/6/2012. I spent three hours in the 100 degree heat looking for wildlife a week ago. As ...

The Adult belted Kingfisher instructing its young, Rock Cut State Park, IL; 7/6/2012. A week ago I spent a hot (over 100 degrees) few ho...

Great Blue Herons wondering when the cooler temps will get here? A pair of Great Blue Herons looking straight up in the air, Rock Cut ...