Northern Illinois Birder

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

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Damselflies at Lodge Lake, Snoqualmie Wilderness, WA

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What I think is a Boreal Bluet Damselfly, Lodge Lake Trail, Snoqualmie Wilderness, WA; 8/10/2012. A few posts ago I featured my series o...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

More Olympic Peninsula Nat. Park Beach Birds

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BIRDS IN THE MIST Early mourning at Ruby Beach, Olympic Peninsula National Park, WA; 8/3/2012. Keeping my theme of Coastlines along th...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

The Many Disguises of the Song Sparrow; Olympic Peninsula Nat. Park

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Which coat shall I wear today? A dark Song Sparrow from the Northwest, Kalaloch Beach, Olympic Peninsula Nat. Park, WA; 8/3/2012. Last...
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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Sea Bird Feeding Frenzy on the Olympic Peninsula

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THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER A feeding frenzy of sea birds, Kalaloch Beach, Olympic Peninsula, WA; 8/2/2012. You can see som...
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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Lance-tipped Darner, Lodge Lake, WA

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PATIENCE, PATIENCE.. HAS ITS REWARDS Indian Paintbrush grace the trail leading to Lodge Lake, Snoqualmie Wilderness, WA; 8/10/2012. L...
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

One-legged Northern Harrier, Lodge lake Trail, Washington State

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ONE LEG IS BETTER THAN NONE A 1st year Northern Harrier sitting on a downed log, Lodge Lake Trail, Snoqualmie Wilderness, WA; 8/10/2012....

Red-Tailed Hawks, Northern Illinois

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A Red-tailed Hawk checking out the action on Blood Points Rd., Cherry Valley, IL; 8/1/2011. This fall raptors have been on the move migr...
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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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