Category Archives: Nature

Day 244: Mushrooms

Mushrooms grow in Daley Bicentennial Plaza right off of Randolph street.

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Day 241: Hello Ms Lady

A lady bug lands on a finger to pay us a visit at the beach.

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Day 226: Spectrum

As the waves of Lake Michigan crashed along the lakefront trail near Belmont Harbor I snapped this shot and caught a view of the rainbow in the mist.

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Day 225: DUCK

A duck perched upon a tree branch in the North Pond Nature Sanctuary leans down to take a sip of water.

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Day 205: Meigs Field

Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport (IATA: CGX, ICAO: KCGX), was a single strip airport that operated from December 1948 until March 2003. It was built on Northerly Island, the man-made peninsula that was also the site of the 1933–1934 Century of Progress in Chicago. The airport opened on December … Continue reading

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Day 201: Chicken

Taken at the Farm-in-the-Zoo by John Deer at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

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Day 200: The Opening

A blue sky peeks through an opening in the clouds.

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Day 199: Fog through the Condo

The sun shines through the fog behind the condos along Lake Shore Drive.

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Day 198: Keeping Watch

This meerkat takes watch over the mob at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Meerkats can live for 12-14 years and can dig as much dirt up as their body weight in only a matter of seconds.

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Day 197: Duck

A duck relaxes around the lakefront on a mid summers afternoon.

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