1.18.26 Sand Ridge Nature Preserve and Nature Center, South Holland, IL II

 

Red-bellied Woodpecker (male, with more red on the head)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker (female, with less red on the head)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker (note beak length difference between this picture and the next. Relative beak length is a good field mark to ID Downy vs. Hairy Woodpeckers.)

Downy Woodpecker (note beak length difference between this picture and the previous one. Relative beak length is a good field mark to ID Downy vs. Hairy Woodpeckers.)

Downy Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker hole

Mourning Doves

Mourning Doves

Blue Jay

Blue Jay

Cooper's Hawk (an adult)

Cooper's Hawk

White-tailed Deer

White-tailed Deer

White-tailed Deer

White-tailed Deer

White-tailed Deer

Eastern Gray Squirrel and Cracked-cap Polypore (a type of mushroom)

Eastern Gray Squirrel and Cracked-cap Polypore (a type of mushroom)