Nature Photography in the Chicago Area: Part 2

In my <a href="https://medium.com/live-view/nature-photography-in-the-chicago-area-part-1-d02b6596a25f" rel="noopener">first article</a>, I tempted you with the prospect that nature and landscape photography opportunities exist and are possibly even a reason to visit the Chicagoland area. Well, did you know that millions of birds fly through this area every spring and fall? And that hundreds of species of birds make their homes in the area? Could birds be a good reason to visit the Chicago area? Here are some reasons and places to consider birding in the area. Known as the Mississippi flyway, thousands of birds from about 325 species, travel each spring and fall from central Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and even further south. They migrate looking for food, safe roosting areas and nesting locations. Illinois is smack dab in the middle of that flight path. According to <a href="https://www.audubon.org/birds/flyways?ms=digital-acq-ppc-google-x-20190000_google_grant&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnMWkBhDLARIsAHBOftrOTf8V220YFgExMBo6cxweW5onBUoOBWn5bdHuPIbcQzlcLCJ0j-8aAu9TEALw_wcB" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Audubon</a>, nearly half of the bird species and up to forty percent of the waterfowl of North America spend part of their lives in the Mississippi Flyway. <a href="https://medium.com/live-view/nature-photography-in-the-chicago-area-part-2-8bc2dec0bc35">Website</a>