A PRICELESS MOMENT TO REMEMBER EASTERN RED CEDAR (JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA) I set out to photograph

I set out to photograph the sunrise

A male dark-eyed junco pauses for a brief moment on an icy branch before continuing its search for food

A colorful misty morning presents itself as the sunbursts through a hawthorn tree with Wildflower Lake taking on the colors and reflections on this spring morning at Wildflower Park

A small flock of american tree sparrows make Wildflower Park home for a couple of months during the winter before continuing their migration as this one takes a moment of rest upon the branches

Wildcat canyon waterfall is a 125 ft plunge waterfall within Starved Rock State Park in Northern Illinois

A PRICELESS MOMENT TO REMEMBER EASTERN RED CEDAR (JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA) I set out to photographAs I was making my way through the park, I came up to one of the bridges that crosses over Eakin Creek West when I noticed this common goldeneye duck swimming near the bridge. When it noticed I was there, it paused for a couple seconds, just long enough for me to get my camera ready which it then took to flight. Later in the day, I seen the common goldeneye duck again on the South Fork Kishwaukee River. This was the first sighting of a common