A PEACEFUL MOMENT DURING AN AFTERNOON WALK BLACK-EYED SUSAN'S (RUDBECKIA HIRTA) 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

the morning sun produced a soft light that illuminated this prairie landscape scene with a cattail emerging from the wetland at Wildflower Park

I was able to get both of them as they momentarily pause from foraging in the forest at Wildflower Park

Hiking to wildcat canyon waterfall this bridge must be crossed to gain access to the canyon and the falls at Starved Rock State Park

A winter afternoon snowfall covers this cattail and surrounding wetland prairie scene on this cold February day at Wildflower Park

A PEACEFUL MOMENT DURING AN AFTERNOON WALK BLACK-EYED SUSAN'S (RUDBECKIA HIRTA) A trio of red-breasted mergansersA small flock of american tree sparrows make Wildflower Park home for a couple of months during the winter before continuing their migration as this one takes a moment of rest upon the branches. (534 54)