Wild bird winter photo gallery
A female northern cardinal, gives a couple of stone rabbits a look while eating bird seed that was place on the ground in Cook County in 2008.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
The common grackle may not be first bird people think about attracting but it can add a nice mix to a bird feeder that is dominated by house sparrows
George LeClaire| Staff Photographer
Red-breasted nuthatches really like peanuts and black oil sunflower seed. You can also get them to eat from you hand.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
A nuthatch takes a drink from a heated bird bath in northeast Cook County 2008.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Three goldfinches enjoy niger seed in metal mesh feeder in February 2009 in a backyard in Cook County.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Northern Cardinal eating bird seed that was place on a grill in 2008.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Goldfinch, which are not a migrating bird stay in the area all year but are only yellow in the summer months.
George LeClaire| Staff Photographer
A Chickadee on a feeder in Cook in 2008. You will attract a wider range of birds with high quality bird seed.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
A white-crowned sparrow enjoys the water in a heated bird bath. The bath is heated with a de-icer with a built-in thermostat.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
A Chickadee on a feeder in Cook in 2008. You will attract a wider range of birds with high quality bird seed.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
If you wish to avoid the one-foot long common grackle some bird feeder can be set to close with a large weight on the feeding perch.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
House sparrows can also look nice in the baron winter. They are a very hearty bird and like all birds can be attracted with just a heated bird bath.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
A white-crowned sparrow enjoys the water in a heated bird bath. The bath is heated with a de-icer with a built-in thermostat.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
A Chickadee hand on the rail of a squirrel buster bird feeder in November of 2008 in Cook County. You will attract a wider range of birds with high quality bird seed.
George LeClaire| Staff Photographer
Downy woodpecker on feeder in Glenview. A great way to get photographs of bird is to hang feeders just outside of window and take the picture through glass as in this image taken December 12th, 2008.
George LeClaire| Staff Photographer
Nuthatches love peanuts and black oil sunflower seed.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
A northern cardnel eats from a bird feeder in Glenview in 2008.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
European starling, which is about 8 1/2 inches long, on a squirrel buster bird feeder in Cook County in November of 2008.
George LeClaire| Staff Photographer
A northern cardinal doesn't seem to be bothered by a couple of house sparrows trying to get a spot a bird feeder in Glenview in this 2008 file photograph.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
A female Cardinal in Cook County in 2009.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
European starling on a squirrel buster bird feeder in Cook County in November of 2008.
George LeClaire| Staff Photographer
A dove sets on an bird bath de-icer that features a built-in thermostat. Even on the coldest days it will keep drinking water in the optimal range for wild birds.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
In 2009 Sparrows mob a bird feeder in the middle of winter in Cook County.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Goldfinch, which are not a migrating bird stay in the area all year and are attracted to thistle seed. They are only yellow in the summer months.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
A small Downy woodpecker on suet feeder in Glenview on December 13th, 2008.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
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