I’m having severe trouble concentrating on writing today, and I’m 100% sure this is malaise from lockdown and all the bad news. I am also getting grumpy.
Here, have two pictures of Chicago that I took yesterday evening from my crib. One has a bird in it, the other a plane. I have to say that the view of downtown is much clearer than usual; perhaps this is due to a lack of air pollution. After all, there’s hardly any traffic.
Spot the bird (extra points if you identify it):
Final approach to O’Hare (spot the plane):
Obviously, it’s a pterodactyl.
My original guess was that is a bald eagle but now I am left wondering if the wingspan was wide enough, and I don’t know of any other white headed birds in the U.S. to suggest any other.
I cannot see any aircraft so I shall hazard a guess at a 767 just because no one else did.
Correction: Spotted the aircraft (or budgie smudge on thedead window) 1/3 from left across, and 1/3 up from bottom of screen. Could be a UFO looking from here though … or that budgie smudge.
I see the bird and it has fairly large wings but I can’t see it clearly enough (maybe an eagle).
I could not find the plane although 4 other spots on my screen tells me it is time to clean it.
Saw both. Bird might be a bald eagle because of the white head. Cannot identify the airplane species.
It helps if you enlarge the image.
It’s a 737.
I was going to guess that solely on the basis of probability.
I am afraid that despite my deinite-seemingness that is exactly what I did!
Definitely not a 737 Max. 😉
an Eagle
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Bald eagle…
Eagle.
747.
Do I get extra points?
Not for the 747 guess.
spot the eagle in photo #2. Too much time…
The bird looks like a turkey vulture to me. No idea what the plane is. It makes me realize that I haven’t seen a plane flying overhead in some time, which makes sense as I assume there aren’t many flights these days. This makes me wonder to what extent domestic flights have been curtailed here in Canada. I have to admit I have no idea. I wonder whether others are like me and are beginning to experience “virus fatigue”. I’ve stopped watching the news and the only information I get these days is from CBC radio when I’m in the car. That’s enough.
I was also thinking turkey vulture or osprey.
What a great time to be a cyclist in any big city.
Obviously a hawk or eagle. Does Chicago have Bald Eagles? More likely a hawk, as a more common species, presumably. Osprey isn’t a bad guess, with that little crook in the wing. If I couldn’t find it, I’d have guessed (knowing Jerry) that it was a duck.
I’ve never seen a bald eagle in Chicago, but I suppose some Googling will give the answer. In fact, I don’t know what that bird is!
Wouldn’t it be something if it’s this bald eagle? http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-mooseheart-bald-eagles-family-tragedy-tt-06182019-20190618-yu5ypp2gjfbybfuykjtsdz3h3m-story.html
Not really much of a toddlin’ town since the shelter-in-place order took effect, now is it?
Hell, bet you can’t even see a man dance with his wife these days, except on video.
I’ve never seen a bald eagle in Chicago, but I suppose some Googling will give the answer. In fact, I don’t know what that bird is!
I did spellcheck! No idea how the[dead] window snuck in there.
Gull?
And very left edge, midway 😉 from the skyline to top of frame. Not identifiable.