View from Prospect Ave in Peoria Heights, overlooking Peoria Lake and the Illinois River. It was so clear today you could see all the way to South Rome.
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Horse Chestnut's are budding.
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Moss covered hillside at Forest Park.
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Spring Beauty. Spring has arrived in the forest!
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Maple blossom.
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Toothwort will be blooming soon.
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Early Spring Flower. This little blue flower is one of the first we find in the spring. I had never been able to identify it until I visited Lee Ann in Wisconsin this spring. They were growing all over her yard, and she called them "scillia." I was then able to search online to identify these flowers as Scilla sibirica Haw.
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American Pelicans Arising out of Hamm's Marina.
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Canvasback Duck at Hamm's Marina in Chillicothe.
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River Totem at a beach north of Peoria on the Illinois River.
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Wood Ducks in Flight. American Coot trying to take flight.
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One lone Red-winged Blackbird guarding his tree.
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Red-winged Blackbirds sitting in a tree.
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American Coots swimming away.
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Marsh Behind Rice Lake # 1.
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Marsh Behind Rice Lake # 2.
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Marsh Behind Rice Lake # 3.
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Marsh Behind Rice Lake # 4.
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Marsh Behind Rice Lake # 5.
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