We drove up to Illinois Beach State Park for the Hawkwatch. There weren't many birds of prey. We were given a walking tour of the area and saw the birds and insects below. Many thanks to V and A for all your kindness and hospitality.
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| Fledgling Cedar Waxwing perched in a green tree. Its tail is very short because it hasn't fully grown. |
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| Fledgling Cedar Waxwing perched in the tree and standing up tall |
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| Nestling Cedar Waxwing, the sibling of the fledge, peeking out of the nest. Its looking between leaves and only its face is visible. |
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| An adult Cedar Waxwing in a snag with its crest up |
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| Palm Warbler perched in a mostly-dead tree. It's looking to the left. |
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| A juvenile Cooper's Hawk flying to the right against the blue sky |
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| Two Turkey Vultures and a Cooper's Hawk flying. The Cooper's Hawk is chasing one of the Vultures. |
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| Distant Merlin eating small prey (probably an insect) while flying |
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| Two Gulls flying near the half moon |
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| Gull flying to the right |
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| Gull hovering in the sky with its feet dropped. I don't know why it's doing this. |
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| Double-crested Cormorant flying to the left |
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| Double-crested Cormorant flying above the half moon |
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| Bronze Copper (small butterfly) |
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| Bronze Copper |
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| Bronze Copper perched on the sign for the Hawkwatch |
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| Bronze Copper on goldenrod |
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| Bronze Copper |
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| Bronze Copper |
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| Viceroy feeding on swallow poop |
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| Grass-carrying Wasp sp. carrying grass into a hole in the wood |
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| Common Green Darner flying |
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| Smooth Soloman's-seal (plant with dark bluish berries hanging beneath green leaves) |
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| Plane flying past the moon |
Images below are from the drive to and from Illinois Beach State Park.
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| Killdeer walking on the bank of a river. The river is not visible. |
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| Two American Crows on a lamppost |
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| Viceroy on the back window of our car. It flew away when we drove past some prairie |
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| Viceroy |
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| Rock Pigeons near Joong Boo Market |
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| Rock Pigeons |
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| Rock Pigeons |
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| Rock Pigeons |