We took a couple jaunts this weekend, taking advantage of the early Spring migration to meet some new friends. We got one new lifer: the Common Loon! Four of ’em.
Four Common Loons and three Red-Breasted Mergansers, Saganashkee Slough, Illinois, 27 March 2026Four Common Loons and three Red-Breasted Mergansers, Saganashkee Slough, Illinois, 27 March 2026Five Red-Breasted Mergansers swim on Saganashkee Slough, Illinois, 27 March 2026
Little Red School House Nature Center
An American Tree Sparrow on a branch, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026A juvenile Bald Eagle flies overhead, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026A Double-Crested Cormorant flies overhead, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026An Eastern Phoebe perches on a small branch, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026A Great Blue Heron flies by, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026Five Buffleheads swim on a lake, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026Two Common Mergansers, 27 March 2026A Lesser Scaup and two other water fowl swim on a lake, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026Two Wood Ducks swim on a lake, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026A Red-Headed Woodpecker perched on a deciduous tree, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026Fourteen Sandhill Cranes soar overhead, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026A Song Sparrow glares at the camera from within dried grasses, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026A Yellow-Rumped Warbler perches on a small branch, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026A Yellow-Rumped Warbler perches on a small branch, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026A Yellow-Rumped Warbler flies away, Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Illinois, 27 March 2026Yellow-Rumped Warbler, 27 March 2026
The Daylight Savings Time clock shift happened last night, so we went to Fermilab to see what the birds think of the time shift.
Sandhill Cranes in marshy land, Fermilab, 8 March 2026Sandhill Cranes in marshy land, Fermilab, 8 March 2026Northern Shovelers in a lake, Fermilab, 8 March 20263 Green-winged Teal in a lake, Fermilab, 8 Mar 20266 Gadwalls in flight, Fermilab, 8 Mar 2026Canada Goose in flight, Fermilab, 8 Mar 2026Bufflehead landing in a lake, Fermilab, 8 Mar 2026Bald Eagle in Flight, Fermilab, 8 Mar 2026
