ENJOYING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CRANES CALIFORNIA BARREL CACTI (FEROCACTUS CYLINDRACEUS) This had been a beautiful

This had been a beautiful summer sunrise landscape scene to photograph on this July morning at Wildflower Park

A reflection of Hallett Peak onto Dream Lake during the early morning hours on this August day in Rocky Mountain National Park

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Swamp milkweed is illuminated beautifully by the early morning summer sunlight at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

I was coming up to an area of the park with some common milkweed along the trail and was in high hopes of seeing a monarch butterfly or two

ENJOYING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CRANES CALIFORNIA BARREL CACTI (FEROCACTUS CYLINDRACEUS) This had been a beautifulA beautiful pair of sandhill cranes gracefully move across the prairie landscape in search of a meal during a sunny spring afternoon in Northern Illinois. (406 216)