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...

Even though the series of photos below are not the sharpest, I thought  it was fun to see a Fledgdling Tree Swallow being fed in mid flight ...

A DOWNY WOODPECKER FAMILY AT WORK A male Downy Woodpecker feeding a young Downy, Sugar River Forest Preserve; 6/2/2012. My first t...

On a gray rainy morning a couple of weeks ago, while I was stalking some Marsh Wrens in the long cattail reeds on the side of a pond, a litt...

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 ...

Mother Mallard looking after her 3 ducklings, Rock Cut State Park; 6/15/2012. As with Canada Geese (yesterday's post), by mid June t...