Northern Illinois Birder

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

Friday, May 4, 2012

Northern Mockingbirds with no tails

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A Northern Mockingbird without a tail, Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, AZ; 12/26/2011. Last winter was the second time that I saw a Mockingb...
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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Northern Goshawk & Gray Hawk; Raptor weekend

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As long as my last two posts were about Raptors, American Kestral 4/27/2012 ( http://northernillinoisbirder.blogspot.com/2012/04/american-ke...
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Swainson's Hawk

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A Swainson's Hawk posing for me in the southeastern AZ desert, Hwy 80, Cochise County; 4/11/2012 6 AM, April 11, 2012: I was tooling...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

American Kestral

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American Kestral scanning the prairie for a potential meal, Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, AZ; 12/24/2011. Last December, the day before Chr...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Anna's Hummingbird

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Anna's Hummingbird, Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, AZ; 12/'24/2011. In all three of my visits to the Riparian Preserve at Water Ran...
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Double-crested Cormorant eating a fish

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Last December while at the Riparian preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert, AZ, I was able to capture a Double-crested Cormorant, which emerged...
Friday, April 20, 2012

Least Sanpipers - Southwest

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A Least Sandpiper in its non-breeding plumage, Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, AZ, 12/26/2011. Another Least Sandpiper in its non-breeding...
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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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