A pair of Blue-winged Teal swam near by.
A Great Egret foraged north of the boat launch area.
A Green Heron landed briefly on a skinny branch behind the Great Egret before flying away.
A drive along Prairie Road was filled with the songs of Red-winged Blackbirdsl, Dickcissels and Indigo Buntings.
We also found an Orchard Oriole in the recently burned grass.
We also ran into both Red-bellied and Red-headed Woodpeckers on our drive along Prairie Road.
In the middle of the sea of green, which is the color of the prairie following its early spring burn, I noticed a pair of eyes and ears peering out at me.
The deer quickly took off through the prairie, springing high above the grass.
2 comments:
Beautiful photos! I really have to get down there someday - it looks like such a lovely place.
Thanks Amy! The land is privately owned by The Nature Conservancy, but they will allow people to bird watch if they stop by for a Special Use Permit. The office is a house on Prairie Road, near the new University of Illinois Springfield Emiquon Field Station.
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