Morton Arboretum - Eastside

Morton Arboretum, Lisle, June 27, 2012. Sunny, clear, hot 95° -- A DuPage Birding Club trip led by Lee and Marcia Nye. Excellent trip led by Marcia and Lee with a good selection of birds with EXCELLENT views!

Summer Tanager - High up in the oak tree, but singing loudly and continuously.
IMG 1695 Summer Tanager Morton Arb
IMG 1744 Red headed Woodpecker Morton Arb
Red-headed Woodpecker - A pair of Red-headed Woodpecker gave us long closeup looks and returned many times for a second and third look.
IMG 1711 Red headed Woodpecker Morton Arb
IMG 1723 Red headed Woodpecker Morton Arb
IMG 1818 Red headed Woodpecker Morton Arb
Anybody known the name of this dragonfly?
IMG 1752 Dragonfly Morton Arb
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - She/He is bringing food back to the nest. I wonder if the fanned tail means she irritated at us?
IMG 1759 Blue gray Gnatcatcher Morton Arb
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - I counted six ready to fledge.
IMG 1893 Blue gray Gnatcatchr Morton Arb
OMG !!!
IMG 1894 Blue gray Gnatcatcatcher Morton Arb
LOL !!!
IMG 1892 Blue gray Gnatcatcher Morton Arb
IMG 1888 Blue gray Gnatcatcher Morton Arb
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
IMG 1881 Blue gray Gnatcatcher Morton Arb
Bird Watcher
IMG 1852 Red Squirrel Morton Arb
Dickcissel - We had several views of Dickcissels, but the concensus was that this was the best looking.
IMG 1770 Dickcissel Morton Arb
Gray Catbird
IMG 1788 Gray Catbird Morton Arb
Wood Thrush
IMG 1800 Wood Thrush Morton Arb
Red-winged Blackbird
IMG 1831 Red wing Blackbird Morton Arb
Eastern Wood-pewee - I THINK this is a young Eastern Wood-pewee. We did see adults in the area.
IMG 1849 Who's
Northen Cardinal
IMG 1848 Northern Cardinal Morton Arb
American Goldfinch - Collecting nesting material or feeding?
IMG 1938 American Goldfinch Morton Arb
Eastern Kingbird
IMG 1954 Eastern Kingbird Morton Arb
Eastern Kingbird
IMG 1965 Eastern Kingbird Morton Arb

Mostly For The Birds

Morton Arboretum - Eastside