http://blog.rosyfinch.com Comments are not moderated here - please visit NEW SITE FOR ROSYFINCH.COM Fri, 03 Nov 2017 07:41:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 en http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=449 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=449#respond Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:23:54 +0000 Ken General http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=449 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?feed=rss2&p=449 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=447 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=447#respond Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:13:01 +0000 Ken General Birding & Outdoors Grandchildren Illinois Birding "Patches" Bald Eagle Nest Bird D'pot http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=447 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?feed=rss2&p=447 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=445 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=445#respond Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:10:04 +0000 Ken General Birding & Outdoors Illinois Birding "Patches" Wild Bird Wednesday Bird D'pot http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=445 Hurricane Sandy brushed by a couple of days after our departure, but otherwise we picked a terrible time to leave south Florida! The low temperatures at our Florida home are finally dipping to around 60 degrees (F), about 20 degrees warmer than the daily highs in Chicagoland. On our first morning upon returning to our Illinois condo, Mary Lou and I got out early to the east side of nearby Nelson Lake/Dick Young Kane County Forest Preserve. We immediately encountered a flock of 20+ Purple Finches that ranged in the woodlands at the lake's eastern edge. Only one or two were in adult male plumage. It was this fall's first reported sighting of the northern species at Nelson Lake. ]]> http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?feed=rss2&p=445 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=446 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=446#respond Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:27:05 +0000 Ken General Birding & Outdoors Illinois Birding "Patches" Bird D'pot http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=446 Today I will start off with a bit of a puzzle. Can you find the Lapland Longspur? I was following a Horned Lark with my camera and got a few poor shots when it seemed to disappear. I took a couple more photos, not realizing that it had flown off. Back home, looking at this image on the computer, I was ready to discard it as an "empty" frame, but suddenly a different bird caught my eye. Can you find it? Don't cheat-- look at each photo in turn! ]]> http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?feed=rss2&p=446 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=444 http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=444#respond Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:24:04 +0000 Ken General Birding & Outdoors NM & SW US Florida & SE US Illinois Birding "Patches" Wild Bird Wednesday Bird D'pot http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?p=444 In New Mexico, living at 7,000 feet elevation, we had our mountains and four seasons.The tremendously varied habitats provided great birding. Of course, the nearest shopping centers and health care providers were located twenty or more miles away, accessible only through a single mountain pass that could be choked by a blizzard or a traffic accident. After eleven years we reconsidered our priorities, and took the dramatic step of moving to south Florida, to be near our younger daughter's family. In lieu of mountains we wanted to look out over water. Eyes that are fixed on a distant vanishing point are eyes at rest. ]]> http://blog.rosyfinch.com/?feed=rss2&p=444