RING-BILLED GULLS STATE PARK The puffy cumulus clouds above

The puffy cumulus clouds above made this a perfect morning to photograph at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

I thought that this was a beautiful scene ahead of me and with the sunlight now touching the bridge that crosses over Eakin Creek West

purples and orange

the muskrat is native to North America and has been introduced to other areas of the world

I enjoyed viewing and photographing them as they rested at Wildflower Lake before flying north on their migration

RING-BILLED GULLS STATE PARK The puffy cumulus clouds aboveA pair of ring billed gulls take a moment of rest as they look out across Wildflower Lake before taking to the wing on this beautiful spring morning at Wildflower Park. (479 114)