Spring waterbirds Northern Illinois -

Including - Great Blue Herons, Green Herons, Sandhill Cranes.

Swans and Pelicans

Rotary Botanical Gardens Janesville Wisconson. late spring

Spring Flowers and The Butterfly House at the

Peck Farm Park. Geneva, Illinois

Spring flowers and Butterfly’s at their Spring show

Migrating American White Pelicans on Rock River below

falls in Oregon, Illinois in spring

With the coming Fall, their wings and bodies showing wear and tear,

they die off, having Laid eggs to giver birth to the next generations in a few months.

Orchid Show - Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens

February 3 - March 3 2024 - Anticipating the coming Spring

Summer flowers blooming at the Peck Farm Park, Geneva, Illinois

Native Birds Upper Midwest

Butterfly House, Peck Farm Park, Geneva, Illinois

Located in the Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve behind the Kane County Office Buildings in Geneva Illinois. The Sacred Heart Seminary

Shrine is being restored.

The Rotary Botanical Gardens in Janesville ,Wisconsin were build on a

old Gravel pit. Several gardens including Japanese Gardens, Children’s Garden, Sunken Gardens and many others.

American Pelicans on the Rock River in Oregon, Illinois during

northward migration Spring 2023

Display that was shown at the Nicholas Conservatory in

Rockford , Illinois in 2022. Designed and made by Skunk

Works , and group of designers and engineers in Australia.

The works were shown during daylight hours and later at night.

Annual Orchid Show at the Nicholas Conservancy Rockford, Illinois

Morton Arboretum in the Southwest Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois

Delnor Woods, Waterfall and Dog Park St. Charles Illinois

Fall Colors NE Illinois

Fall Scenics from Burndige, River Bluff, McLean Fen, Carpentersville Dam, Leroy Oaks , Hampshire, and Raymond Streeet Forest Preserves in Kane County Illinois

Fall scenics around Wing Park, Lord’s Park and Walton Island in Elgin Illinois.

Majestic Bald Eagles in Northern Illinois, Including Nesting and

Raising Young

Mute Swans on Lakes and Ponds around Northeast Illinois

Large white Birds migrate thru Illinois

Wild Birds in Area

Great White Egrets - Large migratory water Birds. Beautiful and graceful

Another large waterbird found in area. Similar to Egrets, it nest

in large groups in Rookery’s on bodies of water.

Inhabit Marshes, shallows, fields

Colors of Early Blooming in Spring

Birds, Turtles Late Winter, Eartly Spring N.E. Illinois

Hawthorne Hill Nature Center, Elgin Illinois 12/17/2

Mid December, end of season for natures Plants

Nicholas Conservatory Rockford, Illinois

All Aglow Holiday Lights Show, December 17, 2021, Shots taken

Just at and after sunset.

Early November 2021, White Pines Forest State Park,

Castle Rock State Park, Lowden State Park, Local Parks on Rock River Oregon, Illinois Area

Fall foliage, colors October, November 2021

Elgin area Parks, Kane County Il. Forest Preserves-

Freeman Kames, Burndige, and Sleepy Hollow Ravine

Flower Blooms end of season, September, October 2021

Japanese Garden at the Fabyan Forest Preserve Geneva Illinois, Mid October 2021

Bird in Northern Illinois

Windmills in Northern Illinois-

Fischer Windmill Mount Emblem Cemetery Elmhurst Illinois

Built 1865-1867. Photos 1 - 4

Fabyan Windmill. Fabyan Forest Preserve Geneva Illinois

Built 1875-1877. Photos 5 - 8

De Immigrant Windmill Fulton, Illinois

Built 1999-2001. Photos 9 - 12

Quad Cities Botanical Gardens in Rock Island , Illinois

Hummingbird feeding by White Pines Inn mount Morris Illinois

First of September 2021

Crabtree Natural Preserve, Cook County Forest Preserve, Illinois

First opening of new life in spring

Flowers of Spring opening up

February Snow and Ice- Lighthouse , Canada Geese on Ice and Windmill at Fabyan Forest Preserve Geneva Illinois, Delnor Woods Park Waterfll St. Charles Illinois, Trail, Bridge and forzen Waterfall Duerr Forest Preserve South Elgin, il., Kimball Street Dam, Elgin illinois

Parks around Elgin, Illinois, Fall 2020

White Pines State Park , Oregon, Illinois. Fall 2020

Sleepy Hollow Ravine Forest Preserve, Elgin, Illinois.

Glacial period ravine with 4 different eco zones.

Eagles Park and Forest Preserve Elgin, Illinois

Bluff Spring Fen, EastSide of Elgin Illinois

Spring in Parks, Birds

McLean Fen Forest Preserve, South Elgin, Illinois

With Covid keeping the Nicholas Conservatory , Rockford, Illinois closed, they decorated the outside gardens and trees with 350,000 LED lights.

Walton Island Elgin,Illinois. Late September 2020

Peck Farm Park Geneva Illinois. Butterfly Exhibit

September 2020

Peck Farm - Flowers. Peck Farm Park Geneva Illinois

MId September 2020

Oak Brook Conservatory, Located in Oak Brook, il,

Phtotos in mid September 2020

Summer Blooms at the Rotary Botanic Gardens, Janesville Wisconsin

Exhibits in August 2020

Exhibit of Carnivorous Plants at the Nichols Conservatory

in Rockford Illinois

White Egrets, Great Blue Heron

Flowers in Bloom, Butterflys and Dragonflys

Natures colors in flowers and insects

Nature’s Flowers Adding Color to Summer

Nature coloring spring

Birds and Insects

End of June , end of Spring as Summer Begins

Spring Flowers Blooming

Winged friends around Northern Illinois

Batavia Wildflower Walk along Rox River, Flowers starting to grow following spring flooding .

Birds in Area, early Spring, some with young

Walton Island , in the Fox River , swamped by Spring Floods.

Animals, Plants,Birds welcome spring

Walk thru Nature Center,

Weather Warming, Spring Flowers Blooming, Birds and Animals

Seeking Mates for Raising Young

Images of Nature in Black and White

Japanese Garden at Fabyan Forest Preserve Geneva, Illinois

January 1, 2020. First day of new year, coating of fresh snow.

Early Autumn in various parks in Elgin, Illinois area -

Wing Park, Walton Island in the Fox River, McLeanFen

Forest Preserve in South Elgn Illinois, Raymond Street

Forest Preserve in Elgin, Illinois

China Lights Display. . Boerner Gardens 

Hales Corners, Wisconsin

Fabyan Japanese Tea Garden, Fabyan Forest Preserve

Geneva,Illinios

Flowers, Birds, Wildlife, Old Building,

Nature nearing Autumn

Flowers, Birds, Nature in late summer

Colorfull seasonal visitors nearing end of annual stay

Late summer blooms

Blue Herons, White Egrets, Mallard Ducks, Mute Swans - several bird staying on pond at Burnidge Forest Preserve in Kane County Illinois. Large numbers of Egret feeding in evenings at times exceeded 70 birds.

Swans born late May, now 8 weeks , well over half size of parents.

Mute Swan parents with 6 Cygnets on lake at Burning Forest Preserve ,Kane County ,Illinois

Bald Eagle nest. at Mooseheart , Illinois. 2 young in nest with Mother, later of Mother in nearby tree watching over them, after Father had been killed.

Trolls in Spring,  2019.  

The Trolls of the Morton Arboretum  in Northeast Illinois. and 

their playground area.

Orchid display at the Nicholas Conservatory Rockford Illinois, February and March

2019

Ice- Mid February 2019. Northeast Illinois

Holiday Lights II - All Aglow, Nicholas Conservatory Rockford Illinois

Holiday light displays through-out the conservatory and the grounds.

Holiday Lights - Illuminations at the Morton Arboretum near Chicago,

Illinois. Evening walk through the woods illuminated by lights in the trees.

Fall Colors. Elgin , Illinois Area Parks

Titan Arum Corpse Flower in bloom. Nicholas Conservancy

Rockford, Illinois. August 2018

On display at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois, artwork trolls made of recycled construction lumber by a Danish artist.

Bird, central Florida

Razorback Trail area, in White Pines Forest State Park near Oregon,Il

May 7th ,2018

Whispering Pines Trail. at White Pines Forest State Park,

Oregon, Illinois. May 6th. 2018 Late Afternoon

General Areas of White Pines State Park and Castle Rock State Park

near Oregon, Illinois. May 2018