Harry gave it his all for the object of his affection. In fact, he went a little overboard sometimes with his courtship antics as you can see; it made him just a little wonky! And in spite of his efforts, he still got an earful from another lady (but he wasn't interested in her anyway). Still, Harry swam proud and elegant. (4 images and to be continued . . . )

Look at this jackwagon making his moves" says Harry the Hoodie, "but I'm pulling out my Jagger moves, they don't stand a chance!" (to be continued . . . )

"FFS, here comes the competition" says Harry the Hoodie, "and not just one but two more suitors, geez. I'm gonna have to up my game for sure." (to be continued . . . )

A Great Blue Heron Flyby . . .

"Pssst . . . You over there, see that lovely lady to my left . . . It's courtship time and I'm ready 'cause I got the moves like Jagger!"

A little throwback Thursday to summer with our currently vacationing hummingbirds. A little color on a neutral tone day at 10 degrees is good for the soul . . .

The Buck Stops Here . . . A White-tailed Buck checks out the does in the distance on a relatively mild late December afternoon. You can see that he's recently been rubbing trees with his antlers as there are wood remnants at the base of his antlers. He's quite the handsome buck, for sure.

A Ring-billed Gull comes in for a snowy landing along the Fox River during a recent snowfall. At least this gull and some others on this day were enjoying their time around the river and catching a few fish instead of hanging out in the parking lots or landfills.

This Great Blue Heron from a couple of days ago is probably wishing that it had continued flying south instead of stickin' a landing on the log. We'll be getting up to 8 inches of snow around here today, and with upcoming temps dipping below zero, hoping it will find warmer waters soon.

A Dark-eyed Junco enjoys a seed during a recent snow, which was just a practice run for the big snow that supposed to be coming this weekend.