Northern Illinois Birder

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

Friday, June 4, 2010

Eastern Kingbirds

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The following photos of these Eastern Kingbirds were taken May 10, 2009 at Rock Cut State Park. It's amazing how diffrent light and back...
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American Redstarts

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American Redstarts arrived back north in the second week of May. Below are photos of both the male with its striking orange-red and black fe...

Yellow Warblers

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Yellow Warblers were out in full force starting the first week of May. All three of the photos below were taken at Rock Cut State Park on th...

Eastern Bluebirds

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Eastern Bluebirds seem to be one of the first songbirds to arrive back to Northern Illinois in the Spring. Both pictures below were taken in...
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Common Yellowthroat

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Common Yellowthroat at Blackhawk Springs Forest Preserve near Rockford, IL; 5/22/10. Common Yellowthroat at Horicon Marsh Wildlife Refu...
Thursday, June 3, 2010

Scarlet Tanagers

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The Scarlet Tanager below, taken in Rock Cut State Park in Northern Illinois on 5-17-09 with a SONY DSC-H7. He just sat there posing for me....
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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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