#birds #chicagobotanicgull #herringgull

#birds #chicagobotanicgull #herringgull

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #canadagoose Another common bird in this area but I liked it being in flight.

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #mallard Although a common species I try to get one picture of them a year.

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #ringbilledgull

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #housesparrow #leucistic Took me a while to figure out that the bird suffers from a partial loss of pigmentation (leucistism).

#birds #redbreastedmerganser #chicagobotanicgarden The water has thawed and the weather warmed (at least for the day). So wonderful to hear the various calls on my walk.

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #woodduck Male and female wood duck taken October 2025

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #rubythroatedhummingbird Taken September 2025

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #canadagoose Taken September 2025

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #greatblueheron Taken September 2025

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #rubythroatedhummingbird Taken September 2025

#birds #northparkvillagenaturecenter #tennesseewarbler Taken September 2025

#birds #northparkvillagenaturecenter #greenheron Taken September 2025

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #turkeyvulture Taken September 2025

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #greenheron Taken in August 2025

#birds #chicagobotanicgarden #treeswallow From August 2025

#birds #drakepassage #imperialcormorant #imperialshag

#birds #antarctica #blackbrowedalbatross

#birds #antarctica #chinstrappenguin

#birds #antarctica #imperialcormorant #imperialshag

#birds #antarctica #snowysheathbill

#birds #antarctica #gentoopenguin A gentoo penguin porpoising

#birds #antarctica #gentoopenguin Bringing a rock for the nest.

#birds #antarctica #chinstrappenguin

#birds #antarctica #brownskua

#birds #antarctica #gentoopenguin

#birds #antarctica #adeliepenguin

#birds #antarctica #gentoopenguin

#birds #antarctica #gentoopenguin