Could not see the bird :(
Silk thread belonging to tent caterpillars
Black Raspberry - fruit (Rubus occidentalis) LaBagh Woods Chicago Cook County IL June 2016 Week #25 Jeff Skrentny IMG_0729
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) LaBagh Woods Chicago Cook County IL June 2016 Week #25 Jeff Skrentny IMG_0728
Female distinguished from m. by the presence of blue chest shield
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Cerylidae
Genus: Megaceryle
Species: M. torquata
Herbaceous, whorled leaves, ovate leaves, one large white flower.
Note slender pedicels
Weed along former railroad trestle