Just a touch of afternoon sun on the wings of a juvenile eagle . . .

When you're busy and you're hungry, sometimes you just have to eat on the fly . . . fresh sushi please!

Did you hear the news? . . . (got this juvenile male's attention!) The 2022 hummingbird migration is underway (swipe to see map), and it won't be long before they're back in this area (northern Illinois) from their nice vacation in South America . . .

You've been cleared for landing Mr. Goldeneye . . .

Great Blue Heron doing the one-legged chillin' on a log . . .

Yeah, it was pretty cold this day, look at the ice on its talons . . .

Look at the wingspan of this beauty . . . a sight to behold. After the California Condor, golden and bald eagles have the longest wingspans in North America ranging from 6' to 7.5'. Female bald eagle wingspans average 7.2 feet; male bald eagle wingspans average around 6.4 feet.

As winter begins to recede and spring struggles to push it aside here in the upper Midwest, our Short-eared Owls are saddlin' up their wind horses and ridin' off into the sunset. Until next year our agile, feathered friends . . .

A couple of juvenile eagles tussle in the sky above the frozen river. Nothing serious, just playin' around, or practicing to be a grown-up.