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White Pelicans Galore

White Pelicans Galore

I returned to Nygren Wetland Preserve last Sunday in hopes of seeing the same 15 American White Pelicans that I saw on Saturday. I was in for a very big surprise. There were actually a few hundred pelicans present, broken into small groups of 50 or so throughout the...

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American White Pelicans Migrate North

American White Pelicans Migrate North

It’s been an amazing week photographically speaking. I’ve been wanting to photograph the American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) migration as it passed through northern Illinois. By the end of March though I was fairly disappointed and convinced that I had...

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Always Have Your Camera With You!

Always Have Your Camera With You!

I pass by the pond at Rock Valley College in Loves Park, Illinois many times a day. Usually, there’s just the usual population of Canadian Geese, some Mallard Ducks, and a pair of Mute Swans. Yesterday I caught sight of this Great Blue Heron wading along waters edge....

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What do you see?

What do you see?

I was over at Lawrence Park in Rock Falls, Illinois several weeks ago photographing the Bald Eagles (CLICK HERE for that article). I found an old tree with some interesting scars in the bark from past limbs either cut off or broken off. I made some photos but didn’t...

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Bald Eagles of the Rock River

Bald Eagles of the Rock River

The winter of 2010/2011 hasn’t been the best for me as far as getting out and photographing the Bald Eagles on the Mississippi River. There were conflicts with my job, poor weather, or just a lazy photographer (me) who couldn’t motivate himself to get up early and...

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