Crops & Clips: Flashback to May, 2017

A new month has arrived and as usual I look forward to my walk down Memory Lane, gleaning my photo archives from three years ago. I will be on the lookout for favorite memes: Critters (especially birds and butterflies), skies and reflections, fences and flowers, and scenes which speak for themselves. I found lots of color this month!

We spent the entire month at our (then) second home in NE Illinois. For a first bird of the month, what can be nicer than an Eastern Bluebird, at Bliss Woods, in Sugar Grove:



Birding Bliss-- a bashful Yellow Warbler had returned to nest:







A Rose-breasted Grosbeak sang his heart out:



In our daughter's back yard in Batavia, a photogenic male House Finch...





...a Song Sparrow...



...and a Black-capped Chickadee:



Overhead, a Red-tailed Hawk:



Agramonte, their Tibetan Mastiff, placidly watched the birds along with us:



At Les Arends Forest Preserve in their city, a Louisiana Waterthrush:



We visited the nearby Bald Eagle nest in the parking lot of Mooseheart School. Both adults were on the nest, tending to one of their two eaglets:



American Robins are a treat. In south Florida we rarely see them, as occasional winter visitors:



We made frequent stops at convenient Dick Young/Nelson Lake preserve: 



I rendered the red barn adjacent to Nelson Lake as an oil painting (click and enlarge for detail):






White-breasted Nuthatch at nest hole:



Red-breasted Woodpecker:



Eastern Meadowlark:



Swainson's Thrush:



American Goldfinch:



Scarlet Tanager:



Baltimore Oriole:



"Spink-spink" says the Bobolink:



At Lippold Park, the pond reflects the spring greenery:



Great Horned Owl with owlet at Fabyan Park:



The unique fence around the Japanese Garden at Fabyan Park:



The handsome Lark Sparrows had returned to nest in a vacant lot near our condo. MaryLou discovered them. They were the first nesting pair ever recorded in Kane County. (I just found out that the Field Museum in Chicago uses this photo in its educational sparrow exhibit. I had given my permission and then forgot all about it):



Nearby, an Eastern Kingbird:



An immature Bald Eagle flew over, probably a third year bird (over two years old):



American Lady butterfly:



Monarch:



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Linking to:

Fences Around the World

Skywatch Friday

Weekend Reflections

Saturday's Critters

BirdD'Pot

Camera Critters

All Seasons

Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday)

Our World Tuesday

Wild Bird Wednesday

My Corner of the World

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Please visit the links to all these posts to see some excellent photos on display

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