This afternoon (Friday, June 13), Ethan and I went to two Forest Preserves near Chicago: Chicago Portage: http://www.chicagoportage.org/chicagoportage.htm
and Swallow Cliff Woods, South Unit (which is shown in the map on the following web page): < http://www.fpdcc.com/tier3.php?content_id=23&file=cnr_23a
In addition to looking and listening for birds (our current passion), we also listened and looked for cicadas. We saw and heard many birds (including Hooded Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, and Eastern Wood-Pewee). We also heard one kind of Periodical Cicada (which emerged a year later than the tens of thousands of Periodical Cicadas that we saw at these sites last year).
The cicada we heard was Magicicada cassini. (Sorry, they don’t have common names.) This was the smaller of the two species we saw last year at these Preserves. You can read more about it here:
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodical/Index.html#Magicicadacassini
And you can hear the sound we heard here:
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodical/Index.html#Magicicadacassini
The cicadas were just scattered individuals singing in trees in the open woods at both Preserves. Sorry, we didn’t find any live cicadas or shed skins. We didn’t even find wings left behind by hungry birds. So, no pictures, at least for now.