Sometimes I overlook the birds that are commonly found around our Chicagoland area – I have taken many pictures of all of them already and do I really need more? Well I do, given the right circumstances. Here are a few common birds I found an excuse to take more pictures of.
Sometimes the background is so compelling I have to take a shot of a bird that is common – like this male House Sparrow with a red flowering bush behind it.
Here’s a female Northern Cardinal ready to take off from the ropes bordering the trail at Montrose Point. Quite colorful!
The female Red-winged Blackbird is often overlooked as a photographic subject. Look closely at this shot and see all the colors around the head and wings.
A Double-crested Cormorant flew in and perched on a trunk sticking out of the river quite close to me. The lighting was good (high clouds) so I was able to get a lot of detail in the shot of a relatively black bird.
I have lots of pictures of American Robins so I usually don’t even look at the many robins around here anymore. Except when they are building a nest and have a leaf in their bill for construction material.
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