A SCENE OF BEAUTY DOWNY WOODPECKERS A trio of red-breasted mergansers

A trio of red-breasted mergansers spend a few hours swimming around Wildflower Lake diving occasionally looking for a meal of fish before they move northward on their spring migration

ironweed and penstemon with tall grasses complimenting this beautiful scene at Wildflower Prairie

Every photographer dreams of getting that perfect lighting when they are out photographing

The dames rocket flowers add beauty and color around the green foliage along this small creek near the fox river in Northern Illinois

An ocotillo cactus is front and center along with a few saguaro cacti n this desert southwest scene at Saguaro National Park

A SCENE OF BEAUTY DOWNY WOODPECKERS A trio of red-breasted mergansersCatching the sunrise as the colors change throughout the early morning, while they are reflected onto the surface of a calm and peaceful Wildflower lake scene in Northern Illinois. (669 2306)