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Wintery Paperbark Trunk
.... dusted
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White-Crowned Sparrow
This is another species that is only in the Chicago area during the cooler months. In the summer, it moves north to breed. So, to see it live, you need to get out to the area woods .... now. :-)
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White-Crowned Sparrow
This is another species that is only in the Chicago area during the cooler months. In the summer, it moves north to breed. So, to see it live, you need to get out to the area woods .... now. :-)
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Foggy February Start
.... pre-sunrise, with a forecast of sunny skies and 50-ish temps by mid-afternoon :-)
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February Sunset
.... through cloud layers
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Herring Gull
.... immature, showing "second-winter" feather colors
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Ice Fishing
.... adult Herring Gull at Lake Sedgewick in January with a late breakfast :-)
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Downy Woodpecker
.... male, with it's head cocked back, aiming to peck again
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Downy Woodpecker
.... male, at Lake Sedgewick
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It's a Grey Area
There's NO ice fishing at Lake Sedgewick for safety reasons. But .... If you're fishing through the ice, sitting on the floating pier over the ice, through a hole you drilled through the ice, are you "ice fishing"?
I say, let it go .... :-)
