We saw a Mourning Cloak today. This was REALLY EXCITING because they're pretty rare and we've only seen them once before. (at Sagawau.) Fun fact about mourning cloaks: they don't die off except for their eggs or migrate out during the winter; they hibernate! That means the bug below this text survived the bitter colds, speedy winds, frosty snow, and hard ice of Chicago winters. Wow.
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| Mourning Cloak |
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| Hanging from lattice |
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| House sparrow nest on the roof of this structure so there's lots of, uhhhhh... deposits |
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| From the front |
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| Mourning Cloak and rafters |
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| Two-spotted Bumble Bee |
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| Flying |
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| Goldenrod Seed Beetle larva There were tons of these guys at this one spot in Ping Tom. Same thing at McKinley Park. |
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| Common Sun Beetle |
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| Sidewalk Firedot, a crustose lichen |
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| Piebald blue bar (rock pigeon plumage) |
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| Piebald blue t-check and blue check |
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| Blue check walking |
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| Canada Goose parent and (fairly old) gosling |
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| Canada Goose parent (top left), House Sparrow bathing (bottom left), Barn Swallow flying (below left) and Canada Goose gosling drinking (middle). Epic! |
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| Ohio Spiderwort |
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| Plants and Chicago River |
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