PERCHED ON A COTTONWOOD TREE BRANCH WOOD DUCK After photographing the abundance of

After photographing the abundance of wildflowers on the prairie with the sunrise

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I left the house around 4:30 am and headed to the Burnidge Forest Preserve

A beautiful and colorful common loon gracefully swims across Wildflower Lake as it swims close by looking and investigating my way

With the colors of this July sunrise appearing just before the sun touches the horizon

PERCHED ON A COTTONWOOD TREE BRANCH WOOD DUCK After photographing the abundance ofA friendly red winged blackbird decides to let me get close enough while it perches on a branch from a cottonwood tree during an early spring morning walk through Wildflower Park. (558 34)