5.30.26 Sherman Park, Chicago, IL

 


Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-eyed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Cedar Waxwing with orange tail tips.
All About Birds writes on their account for Cedar Waxwings:
"The orange color is the result of a red pigment picked up from the berries of an introduced species of honeysuckle. If a waxwing eats enough of the berries while it is growing a tail feather, the tip of the feather will be orange."

Empidonax flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Red-winged Blackbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Mallard

Ring-billed Gull with a fish

Ring-billed Gull eating a fish

Ring-billed Gull with a fish in its crop

Great Blue Heron

Question Mark (butterfly)