ENJOYING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CRANES CALIFORNIA BARREL CACTI (FEROCACTUS CYLINDRACEUS) I was coming up to

I was coming up to an area of the park with some common milkweed along the trail and was in high hopes of seeing a monarch butterfly or two

which guides you through the mostly deciduous forest of red and white oak

This had been a beautiful summer sunrise landscape scene to photograph on this July morning at Wildflower Park

A beautiful summer sunrise filled with colorful clouds appears at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

ENJOYING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CRANES CALIFORNIA BARREL CACTI (FEROCACTUS CYLINDRACEUS) I was coming up toA beautiful pair of sandhill cranes gracefully move across the prairie landscape in search of a meal during a sunny spring afternoon in Northern Illinois. (406 216)