A BEAUTIFUL MORNING TO WAKE UP TO BURNIDGE FOREST PRESERVE This was a beautiful and

This was a beautiful and remarkable landscape scene to have witnessed and photographed

I set off from the trailhead with camera gear and tripod in hand on this cool summer morning at Wildflower Park

A common loon splash lands at Wildflower Lake taking time off from its migration north to rest and recoup before moving north to the breeding grounds on this beautiful spring morning at Wildflower Park

I began photographing the wildflowers that consisted of false sunflowers

A male wood duck is perched high up on a burr oak branch with the female not far from view on this beautiful spring morning at Wildflower Park

A BEAUTIFUL MORNING TO WAKE UP TO BURNIDGE FOREST PRESERVE This was a beautiful andThe forecast this July morning was to be mostly clear with cool temperatures and a mist hovering over the low lying areas. I thought it would be another beautiful and colorful sunrise so, I left the house wanting to photograph the beautiful wildflowers of the Park with a colorful sunrise. I knew where in the park that had an abundance of wildflowers, which was the west side and a beautiful sunrise to photograph. I reached the trailhead soon after