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Jeff Skrentny of Chicago who is a volunteer with both the Chicago Ornithological Society and the Friends of the Cook County Forest Preserves looks for some things to photograph at the LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve Wednesday afternoon. He showed me just a few of he things he saw today. He spent most of the morning doing an ongoing bird census at the preserve. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

Jeff Skrentny looks to photograph a small bird at the LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve Wednesday afternoon. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

A small bird that maybe should have flown south for the winter at the LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve Wednesday afternoon. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

These are some mink footprints in the snow at the LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve Wednesday afternoon. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times

These are some coyote footprints in the snow at the LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve Wednesday afternoon. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times