Blackburnian warbler at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary #Birds

A black-crowned night heron, flying by in broad daylight #Birds

Weigela

Semipalmated plover foraging on a mudflat #Birds

A trio of long-billed dowitchers #Birds

A trio of dunlins #Birds

Reflections of a spotted sandpiper #Birds

Greater yellowlegs arrival - check out the landing gear #Birds

An auspicious sighting -- a Canada warbler! #Birds

Hobomok skipper 🦋

A juvenile Baltimore oriole, giving me the cold shoulder #Birds

Wild irises

A rabbit of character 🐇

Northern yellow warbler, feathered charisma #Birds

Baltimore and orchard orioles #Birds

Eastern kingbird, aka Tyrannus tyrannus, back from the royal wintering grounds in South America #Birds

A chipping sparrow in its breeding plumage. Love the rufous crown. #Birds

Least sandpiper, the tiniest shorebird. #Birds

Got to see two of the Montrose piping plovers. The individual on the left is the recently returned Sea Rocket. Not sure who is on the right, I could not see any bands. #Birds

Sex on the beach #Birds

A black-and-white warbler, the first one I've seen this year #Birds

Up to no good, I'm assuming 🦝

Least flycatcher #Birds

Indigo bunting, really belting #Birds

A golden-winged warbler #Birds

A blue-headed vireo up in the canopy #Birds

Eastern red columbine

Eastern bluebird looking demure #Birds

Forster's tern, with its long, streaming outer tail feathers -- one of a group of ~15 that was moving north along the shore of Lake Michigan #Birds

Brewer's blackbird #Birds

American crow in silhouette #Birds

Another pine warbler, this one a male. These guys go in the "more often heard than seen" category, in my experience, so I was happy to get a good look at them. #Birds

A pine warbler, with an insect she just caught in her beak #Birds

Dogwood

She was trying to look dignified, but she got photobombed by a robin.

Solitary sandpipers #Birds

Wood duck duo. He seems amused by whatever is causing the bubbles in the water #Birds

Always love to see a sora, although I'm somewhat ambivalent about seeing their feet #Birds

One of the many urban deer at LaBagh Woods. This one did not run away, just kept munching.

Gosling giving its baby wings a good flap #Birds

Early morning sun rays hitting the mist rising from the Chicago River

House wren #Birds

A personable tree squirrel

Kingfisher #Birds

fallen blossoms as abstract art

Blue-gray gnatcatcher at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary #Birds

Female eastern towhee at Montrose #Birds

Another shot of the stunning prothonotary warbler #Birds

Chinese geese... apparently they are prolific egg-layers and good at weed control. #Birds

My favorite warbler! A prothonotary warbler letting loose with its song #Birds