BRILLIANTLY LIT CONEFLOWERS Size:13x19 FINE ART PAPER A male wood duck is

A male wood duck is perched high up on a burr oak branch with the female not far from view on this beautiful spring morning at Wildflower Park

a small rookery of great blue herons get ready for their day while overlooking the marsh at Exner Wetland Nature Preserve

It had been a great morning to be out photographing the beauty of the area

I was able to hear them call

BRILLIANTLY LIT CONEFLOWERS Size:13x19 FINE ART PAPER A male wood duck isThe night before I had checked the weather and the forecast was to be mostly overcast with partial sun breaks during the early morning hours at sunrise. So, off I went leaving the house by 4: 30 a. m.. I had photographed many sunrises this year and wanted to focus my attention on the wildflowers of Wildflower Park. I knew exactly where in the park to head to photograph the wildflowers, which is the opposite area of Wildflower Lake. I started my hike