Cooper Park

A wren flew into a hole in a tree at Cooper Park. She has a nest in there. I'm surprised because it is so close to to the boardwalk where joggers, bikers, and dog walkers go by all day long.

 

 

 

Wrens and More in Black and White

Widow Skimmer Dragonfly, unknown Beetle, and a pair of House Wrens at Springdale Savanna in Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, Illinois.

 

 

 

 

Nesting Osprey

Osprey on nest duty. A hawk was in the area, being hounded by the blackbirds and swallows. It made the Osprey very nervous!

 

 

 

 

Owl or Hawk? it flew from one side of the clearing to the other, and the Osprey took off in alarm!

 

Great Blue Skimmer.

 

Osprey's over their nest on the Illinois River.

 

 

 

Beaver at Banner Marsh. They have a den in one of the brush piles along the marsh side of the main levee.

 

 

 

Funk's Gropve