Frode Jacobsen Wildlife Photography

A Taste of Fall

By frodejacobsen on September 23, 2016

I finally got the opportunity to connect with some fall migrants during a recent visit to Illinois on September 16-19. The local birding hotspot Helmick Nature Preserve along the Old Plank Trail in southern Cook County delivered once again, and produced a great variety of migrant songbirds.

Here are some photographic highlights:

American Redstart

Bay-breasted Warbler (adult female winter)

Bay-breasted Warbler (hatch-year female)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (female)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (male)

Black-throated Green Warbler (male)

Blue Jay

Common Yellowthroat (male)

Gray Catbird

Magnolia Warbler (male winter)

Northern Parula (female)

Philadelphia Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Red-breasted Nuthatch (male)

Red-eyed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Swainson’s Thrush

Wilson’s Warbler (male)