CALLING TO HIS PARTNER CUP PLANTS (SILPHIUM PERFOLIATUM) A colorful sunrise develops with

A colorful sunrise develops with its reflection onto Wildflower Lake as a family of Canada Geese swims across the lake

An early morning dusting of snow in Northern Illinois brings a beautiful winter scene to this prairie landscape with a charismatic peachleaf willow tree standing tall alongside the trail and among the wetland cattails at Wildflower Park

Cup plants (silphium perfoliatum) grow abundantly throughout much of Wildflower Park reaching heights of over 6 feet

with a mild breeze moving across the surface leaving small ripples in its wake

we have been having cool misty mornings which these kind of sunrises can be very dramatic

CALLING TO HIS PARTNER CUP PLANTS (SILPHIUM PERFOLIATUM) A colorful sunrise develops withA red winged blackbird calls out looking for his partner while perched on a branch at Wildflower Park. (566 134)