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OGNelson: Sandhill Crane
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OGNelson: Sandhill Crane
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OGNelson: Great Egret in reeds
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OGNelson: Double-crested Cormorant
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OGNelson: Double-crested Cormorant
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OGNelson: Vulture in flight
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OGNelson: Roadkill vulture
OGNelson: Northern Crested Caracara
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OGNelson: Superbowl Mallard, Salt Creek
OGNelson: Shrug. Great Blue Heron, catching maximum morning sun on upturned wings. It stood like this for at least 20 minutes. Lake Elizabeth, Twin Lakes, WI. July 19, 2014.
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OGNelson: Great Blue Heron dancing. Lake Elizabeth, Twin Lakes, WI. July 19, 2014.
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OGNelson: Great Blue Heron dancing. Lake Elizabeth, Twin Lakes, WI. July 19, 2014.
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OGNelson: Great Blue Heron. Lake Elizabeth, Twin Lakes, WI. July 19, 2014.
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OGNelson: Great Blue Heron's stare. Lake Elizabeth, Twin Lakes, WI. July 19, 2014.
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OGNelson: Great Blue Heron looking stately. Lake Elizabeth, Twin Lakes, WI. July 19, 2014.
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OGNelson: Great Blue Heron preening. Lake Elizabeth, Twin Lakes, WI. July 19, 2014.
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OGNelson: Great Blue Heron preening. Lake Elizabeth, Twin Lakes, WI. July 19, 2014.
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OGNelson: Tired of dancing and posing, time to run. Great Blue Heron, Lake Elizabeth, Twin Lakes, WI. July 19, 2014.
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OGNelson: Goose has had enough of heron's attitude
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OGNelson: Fun with out of focus heron. Playing with masks in Photoshop. May 2, 2014. Tinley Park, IL.
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OGNelson: At least 30 Great Blue Herons along the banks of the Big Muddy River in southern Illinois, just below the dam. Early morning. June 21, 2014.
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OGNelson: Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) in Brookfield, IL. Nov. 16, 2014.
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OGNelson: Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) in Brookfield, IL. Nov. 16, 2014.
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OGNelson: Mallard drake emerging from a dive with a full water helmet. Salt Creek. Hinsdale, IL. Nov. 20, 2014.
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OGNelson: Mallard hen diving for cold greens. Salt Creek. Hinsdale, IL. Nov. 20, 2014.
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OGNelson: Mallard drake looking over Salt Creek. Hinsdale, IL. Nov. 20, 2014.
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OGNelson: Mallard drake shaking his booty in the air like he just don't care. Salt Creek. Hinsdale, IL. Nov. 20, 2014. (Just below a dam, which explains the bubbles.)
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OGNelson: Mallard drake emerging from a dive with a partial water helmet. Salt Creek. Hinsdale, IL. Nov. 20, 2014.
OGNelson: Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). Swiss Valley County Park. Near Dubuque, IA. 11/25/2014
OGNelson: Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). Swiss Valley County Park. Near Dubuque, IA. 11/25/2014