Lone Tree at Nygren
This bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) at the Nygren Wetland Preserve against a fairly dramatic sky made for a good photo. Although it sits on somewhat dry land in the fall, during the wetter spring months,...
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Weathered Cement Pipe
I found these weathered cement pipes piled up at the Nygren Wetlands Preserve near Rockton, Illinois. The juxtaposition of these man made pipes sitting in the middle of a wetlands preserve caught my...
View ArticleAmerican White Pelicans Migrate North
It’s been an amazing week photographically speaking. I’ve been wanting to photograph the American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) migration as it passed through northern Illinois. By the end...
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White Pelicans Galore
I returned to Nygren Wetland Preserve last Sunday in hopes for seeing the same 15 American White Pelicans that I saw on Saturday. I was in for a very big surprise. There were actually a few hundred...
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Small Bird Photography
I usually concentrate on photographing large birds just because I don’t see them everyday and they fascinate me. But a lot can be said about photographing the little song birds. In a lot of ways, they...
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