Part of the Polar Adventures activities on Northerly Island in Chicago's Burnham Harbor of Lake Michigan. Three predators unable to survive on their own were visiting -- the falcon, a great horned owl, and another littler owl (I had a decent photo of that one, but can't remember it's name) -- interacted (sort of) with viewers like me. The falcon was quite curious and seemed to be trying to get closer. Taken with 105mm macro and looks better on black.
For those interested, Northerly Island used to be Meigs Field - an airport on Burnham Harbor in Lake Michigan. From Wikipedia: In 2003, In a controversial move on the night of Sunday, March 30, 2003, Mayor Daley ordered city crews to destroy the runway immediately, in the middle of the night, bulldozing large X-shaped gouges into the runway surface. The required notice was not given to the Federal Aviation Administration or the owners of airplanes tied down at the field, and as a result sixteen planes were left stranded at an airport with no operating runway, and an inbound flight had to be diverted by Air Traffic Control, because of equipment scattered on the runway. The stranded aircraft were later allowed to depart from Meigs' 3,000-foot (910 m) taxiway. "To do this any other way would have been needlessly contentious," Daley explained at a news conference Monday morning, March 31.
Not in Wikipedia -- This is an example of the "Chicago way" of getting things done.
Great shot - I love the way he is leaning towards you!! Very interesting story - I just wonder why he didn't want the airfield? The "Chicago Way" certainly got the job done!!
Oh, my! And such a clear shot without that fancy 70- 400 lens! I still have mine for a few more days, so it's too bad I didn't know -- and couldn't have gone even if I had known -- about this opportunity to use it. He has such a look!
@jyokota I was only a few feet away -- no need even for the 70-200. Just took it with my 105, as I'd planned to just do some macro shots since I hadn't used that lens in ages.
@taffy -- wow -- you were REALLY close! I've put out a tub to gather my stuff I'm taking to Poland, and I'm taking lenses in and out of it trying to settle on which ones. Bill says take them all.
