Happy Holidays From Chicago!

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Arctic snowy owls arrived early at Chicago's Lake Michigan beach, drawing 100+ viewers. Ornithologists speculate this could be a rare "irruption" migration year. The vulnerable predators are mesmerizing crowds daily.

#SnowyOwl #Chicago #LakeMichigan #Illinois #TheLolgic #MontrosePoint #WinterBirds

Excited to report I saw a nonbreeding female snow bunting at Montrose today. It was drinking water at the original water feature. I could not have been more surprised to see it! #birding #birds #Chicagobirding #MontrosePoint (not my photo, just used for illustrative purposes)

This week’s Trail Tracing—Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary. We visited later in the day, dodged the rain, and pretty much had the place to ourselves. Nature in the city is always a winner.

#montrosepoint #birdsanctuary #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #Nature #NatureBreak

Looking up through lavender asters at the monarch hanging upside-down, nectaring against blue sky background.

Monarch butterfly
(Danaus plexippus)

on New England asters
October 2024 in Chicago

Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
on Lake Michigan

#blueskyMonday #macro #photography #butterflies #Lepidoptera #monarch #wildflowers #flowers #pollinators #montrosepoint #nature #EastCoastKin #macroMonday #chicago

Chicago's Grant Park and Montrose Point

#photography #landscapes #dji
#captureTheMoment #drone
#bluesky #canon #capturethemoment
#photooftheday #photodaily #chicago #grantpark #lakemichigan #montrosepoint #lakeshoredrive

#montrosepoint #chicago #sand #shadows #mobilephotography #artsky #lakefront #walk #sunlight #spring #natureart

#montrosepoint #chicago #shadows #mobilephotography #artsky #lakefront #sunlight #tower #spring #walk

New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

November in Chicago.

#asters #flowers #wildflowers #gardens #gardening #parks #chicago #sanctuary #montrosepoint #nature #pollinatees #macro #photography #purple