Double-crested Cormorant

Joel on September 3rd, 2009

 
 

The combination of great birds the week before and the prediction of strong northwest winds resulted in a big turn out of birders for the Miller lake watch of August 29. Close to twenty people showed up, at least two from as far away as Terre Haute. John Cassady, one of the regulars whose photos [...]

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Joel on August 6th, 2009

Amar Ayyash, Tim Wallace, Carolyn Fields, and Sulli Gibson.

 
The outing of July 28 was really spawned by a desire to see some friends I had not birded with all summer: Carolyn Fields (whose gorgeous photographs have greatly enhanced this blog), Tim Wallace (ditto), Amar Ayyash (a mathematician living in “far away” Will County), and Sullie [...]

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