WILDFLOWER LAKE PIED-BILLED GREBE (PODILYMBUS PODICEPS) I used about half the

I used about half the height of the paper birch tree using the foliage as a canopy that covers almost the entire top half of the image

it looked like it was now going to downpour and I headed back to the trailhead

Morning sunlight illuminates this blue vervain plant in Northern Illinois at Wildflower Park

The sun began to peek through the clouds with some color showing behind the box elder trees that line Eakin Creek West while noticing this beautiful looking cup plant (silphium perfoliatum) along the trail

WILDFLOWER LAKE PIED-BILLED GREBE (PODILYMBUS PODICEPS) I used about half theA colorful misty sunrise is reflected onto a calm and peaceful Wildflower Lake on this spring morning at Wildflower Park. (490 36)