A TRIO OF MERGANSERS OCEAN This is from the snow

This is from the snow storm we had last week

I turned my attention and camera on her

A recent snowfall covers this landscape with box elder trees catching the snow on their branches that line the banks of Eakin Creek West at Wildflower Park

Cup plants grow abundantly around the South Fork Kishwaukee River and throughout much of Wildflower Park

yellow coneflower and teasel weed

A TRIO OF MERGANSERS OCEAN This is from the snowA trio of red breasted mergansers spend a few hours swimming around Wildflower Lake diving occasionally looking for a meal of fish before they move northward on their spring migration. This was the first time seeing and photographing these beautiful and colorful water birds. It was a pleasure to have seen and photographed them. (480 116)