Friday, March 31, 2006


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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Thursday, March 30, 2006

Sunday, March 26, 2006


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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