Overall over 200 species and 1000 photos
Illinois bird of the day
A nice map for birding around Champaign-Urbana is provided by CCAS
See other photos from October, 2009
See other photos from August, 2009
See here a collection of sparrows in America
See other photos from June, 2009
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), Blackpoint drive, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Showy egret
they usually hunt by stirring the mud with their yellow shoes, but here they have another way to hit directly from a low flight

Black-necked Stilt and Lesser Yellowlegs fight over territory, Curtis, Champaign, IL, August 8, 2009

Baby killdeer

Kingbird

Dove

Brown thrasher (Meadowbrook, July 9, 2009)

Deer (Meadowbrook, July 9, 2009)

Goldfinch, photo from the living room (July 3, 2009)

Tree swallow, Buffalo Trace, July 3, 2009

Dickcissel, Buffalo Trace, June 13, 2009

ŠIvan Petrov