Some birds are often heard before they are seen! The Belted Kingfisher is one of those birds. They give strident, penetrating, mechanical...

Same time as one year ago! The banks of Carillon Stonegate Pond are lush with tall, green grasses, reeds and wildflowers after the rains...

During late July, the new generation of birds and other wildlife start to show up around Carillon Stonegate Pond. There was a family of...

This Great Blue Heron successfully caught a sunfish on Carillon Stonegate Pond. But once the fish was speared, what next? The Great Blue...

Watching out over Carillon Stonegate Pond yesterday and saw this flash of brilliant red. Zooming up and down the shoreline and out ten...

George Washington fessed up to the tree that he chopped down. But our North American Beaver does not seem so honest! Caught him/her near...

The Pied-billed Grebe has made its Spring appearance on Carillon Stonegate Pond. This waterbird is small - pigeon-sized. It is brownish...

"Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline, let us be...

This Double-crested Cormorant was out fishing and diving on Carillon Stonegate Pond. It successfully pulled in a sunfish. The...

The professionals at Pizzo & Associates carried out a successful controlled or prescribed burn of the tall grasses around both of the...

Skunk! Deer! Mallards! Opossum! Mourning Doves! Squirrel! Red-winged Blackbirds! American Tree Sparrows! House Finches! House Sparrows!

We had visitors to Carillon Stonegate Pond this morning. Two Bufflehead ducks were floating on our pond. The Bufflehead is the smallest...

Like some of us, many birds flee the cold, northern regions to winter somewhere warmer – true “snow” birds. But this requires migrating...

Glanced out at Carillon Stonegate Pond and noticed this Opossum searching for food yesterday. Brilliant sunshine - but Chicago cold at...

Ever wonder what goes on around Carillon Stonegate Pond after the sun sets? Placed a trail cam on our patio to see if we could answer...

Glanced out at Carillon Stonegate Pond this afternoon and was surprised to see a Great Blue Heron. The GBH was first sighted on the banks...

Amidst the rain falling on Carillon Stonegate Pond this morning, an eight-point Whitetail buck appeared on the north bank. Magnificent...

Amid the woodlands across Carillon Stonegate Pond, there are two trees that stand out. Both trees are dead. These trees are surrounded...

This past week we had a trio of Sandhill Cranes decide to graze on some stray reed grass just outside of Carillon Stonegate Pond and the...

Our Coyotes and their Carillon Stonegate Pond home! They are here spring, summer, fall and winter. They hunt on Carillon Stonegate pond....