#Cubs extend the misery for at least one more game - yeees!

PCA is too geeked up at the plate - #Cubs

A Koala Bear will attack

PCA would be good trade bait #Cubs 🤔

Happ just be abandoning men in scoring position #Cubs

White Crowned Sparrow with a look of quiet resignation #birds

A lone Cedar Waxwing #birds

Groups of juvenile Cedar Waxwings in the trees along the Fox River #birds

White Crown Sparrow #birds

Black Walnut #pants #nature

Kingfisher hiding in plain sight #birds

Red-bellied Woodpecker #birds

Abundance of Wood Ducks in the marsh this morning #birds

Red-bellied Woodpecker in the Kish thicket #birds

Young male Wook Duck taking a drink in the marsh #birds

Wood Duck hen perch on sunken tree branch in the marsh waters #birds

Plump Drake Mallard in the marsh this morning #birds

Wood Duck checking me out from its perch in the marsh waters #birds

Adolescent Wood Duck with Drake Mallard munching in the background #birds

Red-bellied Woodpeckers in abundance in the Kish thicket this morning #birds

Belted Kingfisher perched #birds

House Finch hiding in plain sight #birds

Red-bellied Woodpecker working some wood #birds

Red-bellied Woodpecker in the Kish thicket #birds

Red-bellied Woodpecker high up in the canopy of the Kish Thicket #birds

Female Wood Duck perched and being admired by a Canadian Goose #birds

Belted Kingfisher perched in a dead tree and surveying the marsh #birds

Great Egret waiting for a Bass (on the right) to swim into the shallows so it can spear it 🐟 #birds

Chinese Mantis on a predatory stroll along the bridge rail spanning the Kish #insects #mantis #nature

@robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay is #SeaBirds and the Alternative is #Robin #birds Ring-billed Gull surveying Chicago River, Leucitic Robin that frequents my yard, American Robin in a tug of war with its breakfast 🪱

🪶 Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay is sea birds (alternative Robins). I’ve chosen a (Northern) Gannet in flight. #birds #birdphotography #eastcoastkin #irishbirding #curlew #nature #naturephotography #outdoors

@robcrank68.bsky.social Iceland Gull, White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant #birds #BirdOfTheDay #SeaBirds

A couple Wood Ducks, boy & girl, up a tree like a squirrel #birds

Aloof Solidarity Sandpiper strolling in the marsh #birds

Wood Duck up and Wood Duck down #birds

Killdeer giving me the eye 👁️ #birds

Solitary Sandpipers aplenty strolling the wilted lily pads in search of birdie num-nums #birds

Blue Heron lurking stroll as it consumes the fry catfish trapped in lingering pools in the diminishing waters of the marsh #birds

Juvenile Blue Heron out on its own in the marsh muck #birds

A lone Common Starling, unusual to some degree #birds

I knew the #Cubs could do it! (Complete fabrication)

@robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay #Goose #birds

Great Egret perched in a tree and hiding in plain sight #birds

Blue Heron hunting in the marsh #birds

Great Egret preening in a tree #birds

Great Egret in the hot fishing spot #birds

Egret back to its prime fishing spot this morning #birds

Because the current severe autumn drought stresses the leaves on the trees, they will quickly turn a dull brown and fall to the ground, skipping the usual vibrant red, orange, or yellow Fall colors. No sustained rainfall forecasted for the next 3 weeks.

Osprey flying above the marsh waters and saying “Hey” #birds

The unseasonably warm temperatures have caused some migratory birds to delay their departure for the winter. While many birds are primarily prompted to migrate by changes in day length, temperature and the availability of food also serve as important cues for timing their migration. #birds