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| American Tree Sparrow They have a bright reddish-brown crown, a gray face with a bright reddish-brown eyeline, broken white eye-ring. They have a two tone bill, a pale gray breast and belly; warm buffy flanks' dark blurry central breast spot. Their wings and back are reddish brown with 2 white wingbars. |
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| House Sparrow They have a black bill and chin and bib contrasting with grayish cheek and underparts. They have a dark gray crown. |
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| Cardinal, male |
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| Love it when they have their crown feathers up. |
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| Looks like the red-tailed hawks are staying around. |
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| Even though the picture is not the greatest, you can tell this is a red-tailed hawk, Yea! |
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| This is a different one. They like the light poles on the street that runs behind our house. |
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| They are beautiful birds. I enjoy watching them. I do know there are at least 2 in our area, as I saw these two a short distance from each other. |
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| This day 3 crows showed up in our backyard. For some reason, crows don't seem to be around our area. I have actually seen 4, but it seems these 3 stick around. By the time I got the camera, only 2 were still at the feeder. |
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| The European Starlings showed up at the same time, |
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| I think my suet feeder was frozen, this guy was going to keep on trying. |
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| Dark-eyed Junco. |
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| A few sparrows. |
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| I had to drive up to Batavia, using route 25 along the Fox River. What to my wondering eye should appear, but 2 bald-eagles, sitting in a tree. |
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| Again not the greatest pictures, as they were across the river from me. |
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| You can tell they are eagles. I am hoping to see more, and get better pictures. |
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| Getting ready to take off. I think I want a new camera that takes longer distance photos. |
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| European Starling |
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| I saw amazed at the beauty of this bird. They are described as a stocky short-tailed bird with a rather large head and long spikelike bill. The wings are fairly long and pointed |
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| In winter they are glossy black overall, with fine white tips to body feathers. The white dots will gradually wear off over the winter, in preparation for the summer plumage. The bill is black. |
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| American Tree Sparrow |
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| American Crows. |
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| We spent the 16th traveling down to Arthur for a delicious lunch at Yoder's Kitchen. That evening we drove back up to Starved Rock to spend the night in the lodge. In the morning we went over to the Lock and Dam. We had heard there were eagles and we were not disappointed. These are not the greatest pictures, but you can tell there are eagles. |
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| There were lots of flocks of Canadian Geese, both on the river and on the ground. |
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| Ring-billed Gull. It was a cold day, but so nice to see the eagles are coming back. |
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| Female Northern Cardinal and Mourning Dove |
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| Hiding in the bushes |
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| Tree Sparrow |
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| Mourning Doves and Tree Sparrows |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Black-capped Chickadee |
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| House Finch |
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| Black-capped Chickadee |
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| House Finch |
