A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT WHITE With the sun now above

With the sun now above the box elder trees that line the banks of Eakin Creek West

focused on the blazing star flower and began photographing

A red-tailed hawk circles overhead as it gains lift and catches the heat thermals beneath the cumulus clouds during this winter afternoon at Wildflower Park

Dame's Rocket flowers add color and beauty to this landscape scene along the Fox River Trail

A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT WHITE With the sun now aboveA 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