@gvbodenhausen.bsky.social
Mostly nature photography, primarily northeastern Illinois
Kingfisher with breakfast 🪶
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Kingfisher with breakfast 🪶
Portrait of a kestrel at sunrise 🪶
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Portrait of a kestrel at sunrise 🪶
Bright morning
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Bright morning
Beneath a female gingko tree 🍃
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Beneath a female gingko tree 🍃
A mallardess making a splash 🪶
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A mallardess making a splash 🪶
Great blue heron hunting in the Skokie River 🪶
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Great blue heron hunting in the Skokie River 🪶
November flora
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
November flora
A bufflehead flying by on a very overcast day 🪶
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A bufflehead flying by on a very overcast day 🪶
Fall visual textures
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Fall visual textures
Corvid vocal exercises 🪶
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Corvid vocal exercises 🪶
Greater white-fronted geese and northern pintails flying by 🪶
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Greater white-fronted geese and northern pintails flying by 🪶
Hooded merganser, cruising around the lagoon 🪶
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Hooded merganser, cruising around the lagoon 🪶
A glamorous turkey vulture, circling patiently 🪶
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A glamorous turkey vulture, circling patiently 🪶
The redheads have returned to the lagoon on campus 🪶
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The redheads have returned to the lagoon on campus 🪶
Surf scoter making a stopover in Lake Michigan 🪶
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Surf scoter making a stopover in Lake Michigan 🪶
Common goldeneye (drake) 🪶
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Common goldeneye (drake) 🪶
Snow survivors 🌺
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Snow survivors 🌺
Common goldeneye (hen) 🪶
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Common goldeneye (hen) 🪶
Artemis in autumn
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Artemis in autumn
Apex predator 🪶
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Apex predator 🪶
A Carolina wren, seen on a very overcast and unusually warm mid-November day 🪶
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A Carolina wren, seen on a very overcast and unusually warm mid-November day 🪶
I caught a glimpse of the elusive Eurasian tree sparrow, which is, of course, normally found in Eurasia. In 1870, twelve individual birds were imported & released in St. Louis by immigrants from Germany, and their descendants are now distributed in eastern Missouri and west-central Illinois. 🪶
November 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I caught a glimpse of the elusive Eurasian tree sparrow, which is, of course, normally found in Eurasia. In 1870, twelve individual birds were imported & released in St. Louis by immigrants from Germany, and their descendants are now distributed in eastern Missouri and west-central Illinois. 🪶
Sandhill cranes arriving, with a self-generated fanfare 🪶
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sandhill cranes arriving, with a self-generated fanfare 🪶
Former flowers
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Former flowers