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 . . .

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 . . .

Captured this male Common Goldeneye as he was making tracks around the bend of the river to catch up with his migrating mates.