VIEWING THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE Size:30x45 GALLERY WRAP Blue vervain plant is being

Blue vervain plant is being illuminated in the morning sunlight at Wildflower Park

A male red-winged blackbird puts on a display showing its colorful epaulettes while calling out trying to attract a female as it perches on a cattail stalk in this wetland setting at Wildflower Park

A red-tailed hawk circles overhead as it gains lift and catches the heat thermals beneath the cumulus clouds during this winter afternoon at Wildflower Park

made for a good subject and proceeded to snap one shot before calling it a night

VIEWING THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE Size:30x45 GALLERY WRAP Blue vervain plant is beingThe South Fork Kishwaukee River gradually makes its way through the prairie landscape with the reflections of a couple oak trees along with peachleaf willow trees, cottonwood and box elder trees at Wildflower Park. (619 194)