A PRICELESS MOMENT TO REMEMBER EASTERN RED CEDAR (JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA) After photographing the wildflowers for

After photographing the wildflowers for a couple hours

They were moving about the branches like they were having a good time but

I headed to Wildflower Park with camera gear in hand reaching the trailhead soon after

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

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) After photographing the wildflowers forAs 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