RED-TAILED HAWK FEBRUARY the South Fork Kishwaukee River

the South Fork Kishwaukee River begins to freeze from the edges inward as the afternoon sunlight illuminates this landscape giving the river an amazing deep color blue

1/26/2019 (528-35)

I was looking to photograph the wildflowers and sunrise on this day in the park

The morning sun illuminates this scene as the colorful mallards take a moment to relax by the pond at Wildflower Park

as the sunlight illuminated the prairie and these yellow coneflowers during the early morning hours

RED-TAILED HAWK FEBRUARY the South Fork Kishwaukee RiverA red tailed hawk perches on the branch of a peachleaf willow tree as it looks over this wetland landscape while a gray squirrel watches closely from the safety of another peachleaf willow tree nearby on this cool winter morning at Wildflower Park. (541 46)