SENDING SUNBURSTS THROUGH THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE MAJESTIC I was thinking where I

I was thinking where I would photograph the sunrise and thought that the bridge over a frozen South Fork Kishwaukee River and the peachleaf willow tree would be a good place to set up the tripod

A red-winged blackbird puts on a display to attract an available female by spreading its wings and feathers on this cool late winter afternoon at Wildflower Park

it started to downpour

Mako Sica means land bad in the Lakota language who gave this land its name

An american tree sparrow perches atop a cattail on this wetland prairie landscape at Wildflower Park

SENDING SUNBURSTS THROUGH THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE MAJESTIC I was thinking where IA beautiful sunset appears on this December evening as the sun touches the horizon sending sunbursts through this prairie landscape scene with Eakin Creek West catching the colors of the sky above at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois. (615 13)