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We took a trip to Willow Springs to check out Wolf Road Woods. It is a huge preserve with lots of different habitats. Even before we got there, we spotted a hawk over head. We drove to the southern most point in the preserve. We saw a cardinal and chipping sparrow feeding Brown Headed Cowbird chicks. While fascinating, it is also quite tragic since the cowbirds are an invasive species. They lay their eggs in the nest of other birds, forcing those species to raise their young. Typically the eggs of that species are abandoned or pushed out of the nest my the cowbird chick.
--written by Ima and her family
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| Broad-winged Hawk |
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| Broad-winged Hawk |
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| Mourning Dove |
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| American Robin |
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| Northern Cardinal and Brown-headed Cowbird chicks |
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| Northern Cardinal feeding Brown-headed Cowbird chick |
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| Northern Cardinal and Brown-headed Cowbird chicks |
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| Northern Cardinal and Brown-headed Cowbird chick |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
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| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
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| Blue Jay |
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| Blue Jay |
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| Chipping Sparrow singing |
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| Chipping Sparrow looking at you |
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| Chipping Sparrow trying to feed a Brown-headed Cowbird chick |
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| Chipping Sparrow feeding a Brown-headed Cowbird chick |
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| Chipping Sparrow levitating |
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| Chipping Sparrow doing... Honestly? I'm not sure, and it doesn't look like it does either. |
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