A PEACEFUL MOMENT DURING AN AFTERNOON WALK BLACK-EYED SUSAN'S (RUDBECKIA HIRTA) the morning sun produced a

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

A mother white-tailed deer and her two fawns use the South Fork Kishwaukee River as a corridor on this misty September morning at Wildflower Park

A spring sunrise begins the morning as I cross the bridge over the south fork Kishwaukee River with a peachleaf willow tree standing tall and elderberry bushes complimenting the pedestrian bridge at Wildflower Park

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

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) the morning sun produced aA 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)