Here is a collection of photos taken during a business (training) trip to Chicago. I was lucky to have a free Sunday before the work week, and a again on Saturday after the training, as well as two quick mid-week visits to the Des Plains river near Mt. Prospect, and even some wildlife to see on the grounds around the company I was visiting. I wish to especially thank Nan Buckardt, and her son Lucas for having kindly showed me around many of the beautiful nature preserves in Lake County on Sunday 14th. The places I visited are: Sunday 14: - Edward L. Rierson Conservation Area, run by Lake County Forest Preserves - Middlefork Preserve - Middlefork Savannah, run by Lake County Forest Preserves - Fort Sheridan, run by Lake County Forest Preserves Tuesday 16th: - Des Plaines river near Camp Pine, in Mt. Prospect. Thursday 18th: - Des Plaines river near Camp Pine, in Mt. Prospect, as well as Cummins-Allison Corp. HQalso in Mt. Prospect Saturday 20th: - Busse Forest / Ned Brown preserves Below is a selection of the best photos I took during this trip. This page has 95 photos including: - 55 species of birds - 3 species of mammals - 3 species of reptiles - 1 species of amphibian - 1 species of butterfly Thanks for visiting this page - Alec Earnshaw Site gateway: www.fotosaves.com.ar

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1. Rierson Conservation Area

A view of the spectacular trails through the forest

Wood Duck Aix sponsa

Downy Woodpecker (male) Picoides pubescens

Downy Woodpecker (male) Picoides pubescens

Downy Woodpecker (female) Picoides pubescens

Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus

ESPECIE GLOBALMENTE AMENAZADA Estado de Conservación según Birdlife International:

GLOBALLY THREATENED SPECIES Conservation Status by Birdlife International:

CASI AMENAZADA	x	NEAR THREATENED
VULNERABLE	-	VULNERABLE
EN PELIGRO	-	ENDANGERED
EN PELIGRO CRITICO	-	CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Red-bellied Woodpecker (male) Melanerpes carolinus

Red-bellied Woodpecker (female) Melanerpes carolinus

Pileated Woodpecker (male) Dryocopus pileatus

Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata

Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis

House Wren Troglodytes aedon

Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis

American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla

Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

Indigo Bunting (male) Passerina cyanea

Red-winged Blackbird (male) Agelaius phoenicurus

Baltimore Oriole (male) Icterus galbula

Baltimore Oriole (male) Icterus galbula

American Goldfinch (male) Carduelis tristis

Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta

2. Middlefork Preserve and Middlefork Savannah Forest PreserveArea

Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

Canada Goose Branta canadensis

Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis

Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis

White-crowned Sparrow (male) Zonotrichia leucophrys

Bobolink (male) Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bobolink (male) Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bobolink (male) Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Common Grackle (male) Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird (male) Agelaius phoenicurus

Red-winged Blackbird (female) Agelaius phoenicurus

North American Green Frog Lithobates clamitans

Northern Crescent Phycioides cocyta

3. Fort Sheridan

Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura

Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

Least Flycatcher Empidonax Minimus

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (male) Polioptila cearulea

Chestnut-sided Warbler (male) Dendroica pensylvanica

Yellow-rumped Warbler (male) Dendroica coronata

Yellow Warbler (male) Dendroica petechia

Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis

Baltimore Oriole (male) Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole (male) Icterus spurius

Orchard Oriole (female) Icterus spurius

 

4. Des Plains River in Mt- Prospect

Canada Goose Branta canadensis

Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla

Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

House Finch (male) Carpodacus mexicanus

White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina

 

5. Lagoon next to Cummins-Allison HQ

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Northern Water Snake (male, mating with much larger female) Nerodia sipedon ssp. sipedon

Northern Water Snake (female) Nerodia sipedon ssp. sipedon

6. Busse Foresst / Ned Brown Preserve

Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax

Mallard (male) Anas platyrhynchus

Red-bellied Woodpecker (male) Melanerpes carolinus

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

American Robin Turdus migratorius

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Gray-cheecked Thrush Catharus minimus

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata

Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata

Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens

Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens

Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla

White-crowned Sparrow (male) Zonotrichia leucophrys

Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater

Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus

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