The Nature Conservancy's Emiquon Wetland Observatory

The trees north of the entrance road leading to the Wetland Observatory displayed their autumn colors.


Dabbling ducks of various kinds filled the shallow waters of the wetland.


A group of people with some folks from TNC and Dickson Mounds Museum gathered out on the boardwalk overlooking the lake.


From the Lake Observatory boardwalk, I could see the Wetland Observatory, across water alive with plants and algae.


Pelicans and Cormorants lined up on the ridge between Flag and Thompson Lakes.