Goldbird Variations » Chicago Portage

If my memory serves me correctly, last year we were complaining of too much rain. I remember the tall plants in my backyard towering over everything and wondering if perhaps I should have discour...

https://musicbirdblog.com/2021/06/07/hot-and-dry-at-the-portage/

I went to the Portage last Saturday before the big snow, thinking it might be my last chance for a while. I could have gone back yesterday morning, but I decided to give in to the single-digit co...

https://musicbirdblog.com/2021/02/07/settling-into-snow-before-and-after/

I can’t believe another week has gone by already. While it seems like time should be moving slowly, I am finding it to be the opposite as my days at home fill up with work and chores. It’s as...

https://musicbirdblog.com/2020/04/17/last-weekend-at-the-portage-coming-back-to-life/

Yesterday morning I got up and went to see how the birds were doing at the Portage. It was a cold, windy, bleary morning, and as far as I could tell, nobody was having a good time. When the large...

https://musicbirdblog.com/2020/03/23/snow-before-and-after/

I have been going to the Portage just about every weekend this month, and I’ve also been working my tail off during the week, so it’s been hard to sit down and make sense of anything. These f...

https://musicbirdblog.com/2019/07/02/summer-comes-to-the-portage/

We must have been right in the migratory path for these birds, because I can’t remember ever seeing them before, but this spring I got to photograph two individuals. This short post is a tribut...

https://musicbirdblog.com/2019/06/12/a-philadelphia-vireo/

My bird observation life has been peripatetic at best. Last Saturday was probably the best recent weekend day to go out, but I was at our annual choir retreat for three hours in the morning to pr...

https://musicbirdblog.com/2019/04/10/hodgepodge/

Choir tour and back-to-work notwithstanding, I feel remiss about not having managed a blog post until now. It’s not for lack of photographic experiences, but more my lack of energy and planning...

https://musicbirdblog.com/2018/11/24/long-holiday-weekend/

And continues and continues and…I have been so busy birding every weekend it’s taking even longer to process the pictures. These are from last week – October 13 – Thatcher Woods and the C...

https://musicbirdblog.com/2018/10/23/fall-migration-continues-2/

The heat is here and now more than ever the object of the game is to get up and out as early as possible, before it becomes unbearable. Birds are uniquely qualified to hide in the trees and stay ...

https://musicbirdblog.com/2018/07/03/robins-and-red-wingeds/