A Warm Humid Day With Some Nice Heron Shots-Wednesday August 7, 2013

No Black-crowned Night Herons or Green Herons today. However 5 Great Egrets and a nice close up of a Great Blue. Some nice shots of insects as well. 

Great Egret

Wasp in the Rose Garden

Another Wasp in the Rose Garden

Skipper Species

Great Blue Heron in Japanese Garden Entrance

Close Up of Great Blue Heron

Widow Skimmer Male

Saturday August 3, 2013-A Fine Weather Day With Some Interesting Birds and Insects

We had a nice weather day as Chicago continues to have a mild summer. Here is a quiz and a few shots that might disturb you.

Friends gathering before birding

Quiz Bird Fresh From Bathing?

Perhaps This Will Help?

Swamp Milkweed and Bee in the Rose Garden

Gathering of Cormorants

Is Something Wrong Here?

A Closer Look. It appears to be a hook and much blood.

Two Wasps at the same flower

Warbling Vireo

Male Blue Damselfly

Female Blue Damselfly with male in flight

Spicebush Butterfly

Great Beginning-Carolina Wren Today-July 24, 2013

We started off with a very vocal hidden Carolina Wren just before the bridge to Wooded Island. I only got a short view of the bird. It spent some time vocalizing before moving off to the east. The Koi pictured below were added to the Oaska Garden pool today. Twenty-five Koi are in the pool. Please report anyone fishing in the pool to: specialist) that have any reason to be “messing” with the fish, so if you see anything of concern please call (312) 747-2193 – CPD Security or Karen at (312) 287-3465.

Cardinal

Great Blue Heron

Phoebe

Large Koi added to the Osaka Garden Today

Leucistic (partial white) Mallard

Saturday July 20, 2013-Not too hot today, few birds but nice butterfly

I didn't make it out for the bird walk today. Instead I took a tour with the Architecture Foundation of White City. Lots of info about the buildings at the Colombian Exposition 1893. I have a picture of the museum and wooded island from the early 1920's. The Night Heron that is frequenting the Osaka Garden is there almost every day. A great fishing area even though there is a sign posted outside the garden, NO FISHING.

The Resident Black-crowned Night Heron at Osaka Garden

The same Heron

Great Blue Heron near the Golf shack

What it looked like in the 1920's

Female Black Swallowtail on Milkweed in Bobolink Meadow

An Extremely Hot and Humid Day-High of 95-Wednesday July 17, 2013

Today was very hot and humid. We did see some birds and great dragonflies.

Kingbird

Ochid? in the lagoon

Bob-o-link Meadow-Yellow and Purple Coneflowers

Widow Skimmer Male

Widow Skimmer Female

Warbling Vireo

Saturday July 13, 2013-A Pleasant Day With A Few Birds

Not too many birds but nice looks at a few.

Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron-Waiting for breakfast at the Japanese Garden

Young Red-eyed Vireo

Indigo Bunting from a great distance

  Leucistic Mallard

Wednesday July 10, 2013-Things With Wings

Lots of dragonflies along with the birds today.

Black-crowned Night Heron

Double-creasted Cormorant

Carolyn and Karin Watching Some Birds

Female Red-winged Blackbird

Blue Dasher

Common Whitetail Male

Ruby Meadowhawk

Widow Skimmer Male

Widow Skimmer Female