Quiet winter day on Carillon Stonegate Ponds. The dense overnight fog has enveloped the branches of our woodlands with a frosting of ice...

A frequent hunter around Carillon Stonegate Ponds is the Coyote as was seen this morning. Here they are constantly stalking around our...

New Year's Eve morning. Cold with several inches of recently fallen snow covering the tallgrasses around Carillon Stonegate Pond. From...

As winter commences, our bird feeders around Carillon Stonegate Ponds are quite busy.

Watched Dark-eyed Juncos and some Sparrows foraging below our winter feeders. Then I saw this unusual looking bird. Scroll through the...

The first photo of a fawn sighting at Carillon Stonegate Pond! Always a sign of a good summer here.

It’s a daily occurrence on Carillon Stonegate Pond and with aerial shows several times each day. These birds are Tree Swallows...

Day 30 of the Illinois “Shelter-in-Place” Order. After my nature walk, I was looking out over the back yard to the CSG Pond. Two...

Another day of “shelter in place“ when I noticed the activity on Carillon Stonegate Pond. Visitors included several Canada Geese and...

With all of us here at Carillon at Stonegate sheltering in place for the past two weeks (and looks like for several weeks ahead!), I...

Today was the first full day of "shelter in place" as we all band together to contain the COVID-19 virus. So I took some time to watch...

Exciting to see this Bald Eagle visit our pond today. This majestic bird did a flyover a week ago. But today, this eagle stopped and did...

Even during winter, we have a variety of residents that drop in to rest or roost here at the Carillon Stonegate Ponds. Here is a Cooper's...

New Year's Day brought a visitor to the ridge line north of Carillon Stonegate Pond. It was a White-tail deer. A magnificent male with a...

With the fresh snow this morning, two young coyotes were out on Carillon Stonegate Pond hunting for food. These coyotes were my first...

No red nose, so it was not Rudolph! But were these White-tail Deer getting ready for a Christmas Eve fly-around? Probably not. But these...

Wonderful sight to see - and quite the distinctive sound to hear! The fall migration of the Sandhill Crane continues. This afternoon a...

We all know that ice fishing is prohibited on Carillon Stonegate Pond, but apparently this Great Blue Heron has special privileges! Also,...

"Winter" has fallen upon Carillon Stonegate Pond much earlier than any of us had hoped - including our avian residents. There were a wide...

The vibrancy of the ecosystem around Carillon Stonegate Ponds (Aurora, IL) is amazing to observe across the seasons. Much thanks goes to...