9.9.25 Palmisano Nature Park, Chicago, IL

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for Chicago Quarry HawkWatch.


House Sparrows on a metal hand railing

Molting male House Sparrow on grass

Molting male House Sparrow on grass

House Sparrow eating something

American Goldfinch in grass

American Robins in a snag

Mallards in and near the pond

Mallard dabbling in the pond

Mallard in the pond

Mallards eating and foraging in the pond. There are algal masses on the pond's surface

Red-winged Blackbird on a power line

American Crow flying

Green Darner (dragonfly)

Lots of migrating dragonflies flying

European Mantis on a walking path

European Mantis on my dad's hand when we moved it to a safer place

European Mantis on my dad's shirt. It decided to fly to my dad's shirt before flying into the prairie.

Two-striped Planthopper

Two-striped Planthopper

Black Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail

Plains Garter Snake

Waterfall landscape


Water Purslane (green leafy plants)

Photo of water taken with my usual 1/2000 shutter speed

Photo of water taken with a 1/100 shutter speed

Virginian Tiger Moth caterpillar, aka yellow woolly bear

Virginian Tiger Moth caterpillar, aka yellow woolly bear

Great St. John's Wort

Illinois Bundleflower with Willis Tower