9.11.25 Ping Tom Memorial Park, Chicago, IL

 


Immature Dickcissel perched on a light gray rock with lichens growing on it.

Dickcissel (bottom right) on a rock with more rocks behind it

Dickcissel with its wings halfway up and its tail flared slightly as it looses its balance

Dickcissel with a small puff of down feathers peeking around its wing

Immature male Common Yellowthroat with a yellow belly and splotchy black mask looking out from a green-leaved tree

Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted) perched on a green lawn, below a branch and in front of a empty silver-colored tin for food. After the Flicker flew away, we picked up the garbage in that area.

Gray Catbird perched in a small green tree, pointing to the right

Red-winged Blackbird on a lamppost with the sky behind it, looking up and to the right.

Just the Red-winged Blackbird's head poking out from behind the edge of the lamp

First- or second-cycle (first cycle being hatching to 1st birthday; second is first b-day to 2nd b-day, etc.) American Herring Gull swimming past wooden posts in the Chicago River

American Herring Gull swimming next to a somewhat algae-covered wooden post

Ring-billed Gull "loafed" on a rusty bridge over the Chicago River

Rock Pigeons roosting on a bridge over the Chicago River

Rock Pigeons roosting on a bridge. One of them is flying in to land

Rock Pigeon flying up to try and perch under a beam of the bridge

Two House Sparrows, a male (left) and female (right) perched on a fence in front of a blue-and-purple playground

Canada Goose swimming on the shiny blue Chicago River with its head raised as it honks

Canada Goose flying low over the Chicago River that is currently reflecting a brown building (and therefore appears brown)

Canada Goose landing on the Chicago River (which is now reflecting yellow and green plants)

Canada Goose swimming on the blue water of the river, in front of a tour boat

A flock of Canada Geese grazing on a lawn with plants, rocks, a yellow tour boat, a rusty bridge, and the Chicago River in the background

A dead Catfish

Common Sunflower in front of the Willis tower

Rooster-shaped weathervane at a different location

Bald-faced Hornet nest at a different location