Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦
@srboisvert.bsky.social
Pedestrian birder in Chicago. Click on #birds tag to see just my bird photos without the whinging. I'm also sharing bird links using the #BirdLinks tag. I'm embarrassed by my typos but usually not enough to delete them. Gear: OM1 & OM 150-400 & 100-400
For context this is what the sidewalk in front of the typical apartment building with studios and 1 bedrooms on the same two blocks looks like. The poorest people in area subsidized much better public right of way clearance that the extremely rich.
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
For context this is what the sidewalk in front of the typical apartment building with studios and 1 bedrooms on the same two blocks looks like. The poorest people in area subsidized much better public right of way clearance that the extremely rich.
For the "Rich People Are Socially Irresponsible" file. Uncleared or only partially cleared sidewalks in front of multi-million single family homes in just two blocks on the south side of Barry Ave.
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
For the "Rich People Are Socially Irresponsible" file. Uncleared or only partially cleared sidewalks in front of multi-million single family homes in just two blocks on the south side of Barry Ave.
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago. A bit too far for me to walk in today's conditions (weather and mine). Missed out on a big flock of a couple hundred Lapland Longspurs and a Great Horned Owl. 11/30/2025.
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago. A bit too far for me to walk in today's conditions (weather and mine). Missed out on a big flock of a couple hundred Lapland Longspurs and a Great Horned Owl. 11/30/2025.
Pritzker Khan!
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Pritzker Khan!
I'm deeply amused that Chicago weather mensch, Tom Skilling, can't stop Chicago weather mensching on Facebook even after retiring to Hawaii. Can't stop. Won't stop.
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm deeply amused that Chicago weather mensch, Tom Skilling, can't stop Chicago weather mensching on Facebook even after retiring to Hawaii. Can't stop. Won't stop.
Chicago children betrayed by a snow day falling on a holiday weekend.
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Chicago children betrayed by a snow day falling on a holiday weekend.
While I am snowed in today (not really - I'll be going for a walk soon in order to renew my Canadian expat credentials) I am going to focus on actually learning how to fully use my OM-1. Two years after buying it. Fooled around with Live Composite last night without really knowing how to use it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
While I am snowed in today (not really - I'll be going for a walk soon in order to renew my Canadian expat credentials) I am going to focus on actually learning how to fully use my OM-1. Two years after buying it. Fooled around with Live Composite last night without really knowing how to use it.
Good morning Chicago. The low winter sun is blazing.
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good morning Chicago. The low winter sun is blazing.
Was on my way up to Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary to see the Snowy Owl and then surprise! There was one on my street!
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Was on my way up to Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary to see the Snowy Owl and then surprise! There was one on my street!
Barry Lakefront Trail underpass mural had some damage yesterday. I collected the tile. Who do you think would do the repair. Where should I take it?
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Barry Lakefront Trail underpass mural had some damage yesterday. I collected the tile. Who do you think would do the repair. Where should I take it?
The President who himself has had multiple foreign spouses, including the current first lady with a probable visa violation, has a policy denying/discouraging other ordinary Americans from having a similar opportunity.
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The President who himself has had multiple foreign spouses, including the current first lady with a probable visa violation, has a policy denying/discouraging other ordinary Americans from having a similar opportunity.
The four I saw from my apartment window fighting and failing to go West and get off the lakefront. In the end they just gave up and flew south.
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The four I saw from my apartment window fighting and failing to go West and get off the lakefront. In the end they just gave up and flew south.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This might amuse you:
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This might amuse you:
It got even better moments later.
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It got even better moments later.
Yes but....
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Yes but....
Good morning Chicago!
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Good morning Chicago!
The Vegas F1 operation is a ridiculously dangerous shitshow.
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Vegas F1 operation is a ridiculously dangerous shitshow.
An An An An Anniversary.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
An An An An Anniversary.
Not a great photo but an interesting sight. This was the first really large flock of Red-breasted Mergansers on the lakefront that I have seen this fall. Several hundred in a stretched out flock about half a mile out into the lake being harassed by thieving gulls.
#birds
#birds
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Not a great photo but an interesting sight. This was the first really large flock of Red-breasted Mergansers on the lakefront that I have seen this fall. Several hundred in a stretched out flock about half a mile out into the lake being harassed by thieving gulls.
#birds
#birds