ILLUMINATING THE PRAIRIE WOODPECKER After photographing some of the

After photographing some of the oak trees

An american tree sparrow perches atop a cattail on this wetland prairie landscape at Wildflower Park

The overnight snowfall creates this patterned landscape with peachleaf willow trees and a couple cottonwood trees at Wildflower Park

Morning sunlight illuminates this blue vervain plant in Northern Illinois at Wildflower Park

ILLUMINATING THE PRAIRIE WOODPECKER After photographing some of theOvernight we had 2 3 inches of snow and the forecast for this morning was to be sunny with a few clouds, so I decided to brave the frigid 18F temperature to catch this sunrise in the park. Combining the recent snowfall and the sunshine predicted, I set out to photograph the sunrise. As I was trekking along, I was thinking where I would photograph the sunrise and thought that the bridge over a frozen South Fork Kishwaukee River would be a good place to