EARLY EVENING BUTTERFLY OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST I set off from the

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

Mist lingers throughout the morning hours as the sun rises behind this peachleaf willow tree sending out sunbursts just before I cross over the South Fork Kishwaukee River on this cool summer morning at Wildflower Park

False sunflowers are abundant on this prairie landscape scene at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

With the abundance of wildflowers that include common milkweed and swamp milkweed that are host plants to the monarch caterpillars

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EARLY EVENING BUTTERFLY OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST I set off from theA monarch butterfly enjoys the sweet nectar from the common milkweed flower. (503 26)