Female Cardinal

Took a drive to the Yorkville, Illinois dam on the Fox River to look for bald eagles. There were three juvenile eagles flying around the river, as well as gulls, crows, geese, ducks, a great blue heron, and a red-tailed hawk. The sky turned completely cloudy by arrival at the dam, and flying eagle pics were grainy and not good.  Will try again.

East/upstream of the dam there is a large ice jam on the river which caused flooding on a Yorkville street two days ago.  Temps will be below freezing for the next week, which could add to the jam.

Stopped at Saw Wee Kee Park on the way home for photos of song birds.  Set at +0.67 EV due to lighter colored background and lower light conditions, and this was just about perfect.