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perhaps they just wanted a height advantage to the creek in hopes of seeing prey below

A terrific sunset with cool and soft lighting on a northern prairie at Wildflower Park

A beautiful cool misty spring morning at the bridge over the South Fork Kishwaukee River with a view of a peachleaf willow tree as the sun breaks the horizon casting an orange hue over this area while hiking to Wildflower Lake in Northern Illinois

A colorful misty sunrise is reflected onto a calm and peaceful Wildflower Lake on this spring morning at Wildflower Park

it started to downpour

PEACE AND QUIET FILLS MY HEART DIGITAL ECOTOURISM perhaps they just wanted aAfter receiving 2 3 inches of snow overnight, I set out to photograph this recent snowfall along Eakin Creek West on this 2nd day of the New Year. The temperature was in the mid 20's with little to no wind and overcast conditions. Over the years, I have come to notice that the creek usually doesn't completely freeze over and that the creeks edges can form some pretty cool ice patterns, which makes for some good photography. As I was moving along the