A MOMENT IN TIME GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET a couple cottonwood and a

a couple cottonwood and a couple oak trees with many dogbane plants in the foreground at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

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

A beautiful summer morning with an elderberry bush and grasses reflected onto the surface of Eakin Creek West at Wildflower Park

There are some nice vantage points to view the river and set up the tripod

The downy can be distinguished from the hairy by its smaller size and by the black dots on its white tail feathers

A MOMENT IN TIME GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET a couple cottonwood and aA moment of peace and solitude as a beautiful sunrise appears that is reflected in a calm Wildflower Lake. (577 17)