ANOTHER MORNING WITH THE LOONS WALKING A beautiful morning while walking

A beautiful morning while walking the trail around Wildflower Lake as a colorful spring sunrise appears on this June day in Northern Illinois

focused and began shooting this ethereal and foggy scene as the sunlight penetrated through the clouds softly illuminating the cottonwood trees at Wildflower Park

I moved along the trail

black-eyed susan can be seen on the west side of Wildflower Park

ANOTHER MORNING WITH THE LOONS WALKING A beautiful morning while walkingA beautiful and colorful common loon gracefully swims across Wildflower Lake as it swims close by looking and investigating my way. I was fascinated watching a few common loons swim and then dive to try and catch fish to reenergize throughout the morning. For about 3 weeks, I enjoyed viewing and photographing them as they rested at Wildflower Lake before flying north on their migration. One morning while photographing the sunrise at the lake, I was