Oak Brook Carp n Birds

Catching carp. They have flies to mimic all sorts of carp food, even mulberries & cottonwood seeds. Carp are very smart - they catch on to the game pretty quickly.

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An Eastern Kingbird pair was causing a big scene in the air when we approached their shoulder-height nest with an awkward nervous adult-sized baby. When we came back a few days later, baby had passed :(

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Also spotted a scrappy looking baby robbin in some dense shrubs demanding food.

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Fermilab Bird & Carping

I woke up way too early to go out to Fermilab. But he promised there would be birds... we saw a Double-crested cormorant, Great Egret, many noisy Killdeer, a Belted Kingfisher hunting, a Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flickers, some type of hawk, and heard a Great Horned Owl pair calling back and forth.