tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182037742024-03-07T16:42:58.505-06:00Walk with MeCome with me on my nature walks at various parks and forest preserves in Central Illinois.Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617638634721743083noreply@blogger.comBlogger1664125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18203774.post-85835901794615814942014-03-16T11:41:00.001-05:002014-03-16T11:41:21.130-05:00Emiquon Horizon<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfy3mwmzIh87zScvrYVCU8-ufIR46EPVdT74x1dVHhyscUTMLk_mUrnw130x4xEFeqzZAA4LTwdaVtGMK6IvUN37gL8-X6ST5wsT6Oj73D-uQuFnz1U1Dh6yzHMTnLuWua3An/s1600/03162014JGW-EmiquonHorizonIMG_0632s-781131.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfy3mwmzIh87zScvrYVCU8-ufIR46EPVdT74x1dVHhyscUTMLk_mUrnw130x4xEFeqzZAA4LTwdaVtGMK6IvUN37gL8-X6ST5wsT6Oj73D-uQuFnz1U1Dh6yzHMTnLuWua3An/s320/03162014JGW-EmiquonHorizonIMG_0632s-781131.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5991428190169378562" /></a></p><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><font style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px;">Watching the Emiquon horizon </font><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px;">disappear in the mist</span><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><font size="2">of the blustery morning snow, </font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><font size="2">I think of the life hidden behind the shroud of winter.</font></div><div><font size="2">Later I look up and the mist has retreated</font></div><div><font size="2">revealing the familiar line of</font></div><div><font size="2">river trees surrounding Sister Creeks,</font></div><div><font size="2">with clouds from the plant </font><span style="font-size: small;">eleven miles away at Havana</span></div><div><font size="2">billowing out over the lake </font><span style="font-size: 13px;">against a dark gray sky.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jane Ward<br>www.walkwithmepart2.blogspot.com</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Walk with Me on my Photo Journey</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617638634721743083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18203774.post-84383205827924616702014-03-08T10:09:00.001-06:002014-03-08T11:14:36.038-06:00Emiquon Report: Snow Geese by the Tens of Thousands <div class="mobile-photo">
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Ibises are rarely seen in Illinois. I found a couple last month, was surprised, and assumed they had moved on. Today, a day starting out quite cold for November (12 degrees, Yikes!) warmed up to 32 by 3:00 in the afternoon, when I took a tour through the visitor complex at TNC's Emiquon Nature Preserve. As I drove through the turn around, just past the canoe launch, I stopped to watch a small flock of birds flying in. At first I thought they were herons, but they were all turned around and backwards; then I thought of the Black-necked Stilts that nest in the summer, but the bill was too curved, so I realized they were Ibises, probably juveniles, and either Glossy or White-faced. By the time I got my camera out and exited the car, they had landed and began to blend in with the background. Photos are attached. </div>
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On Wednesday, October 16, I took a walk along the boardwalk at the Emiquon Wetland Observatory. I saw two birds out in the wetland that did not look like herons. I zoomed my lens out and found two Ibises, either Glossy or White-faced. They let me take a few pictures before relocating to a less visible area.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">I walked along Clark Road on this beautiful October afternoon and took a few photos to share. </span></div>
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Jane Ward<br />
www.walkwithmepart2.blogspot.com</div>
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<span style="line-height: 17px;">On a brief walk around the loop at the end of the path around the Wetland Observatory, on Saturday, August 17, I found a lone Monarch butterfly, as well as a Dickcissel perched on a dried bloom. From the observation deck I could see the cormorant nests across the lake.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">On Sunday, July 28, 2013, I took a drive through Emiquon and shot several landscapes with gorgeous billowing clouds in the background. I started out on Clark Road, then drove to Prairie Road, where I took some photos of the scrolling flowers growing up the bluff. I ended the trip by driving back on County 9 and took a photo of the field that is still full of water after the spring floods.</span></div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Walk with Me on my Photo Journey</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617638634721743083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18203774.post-32924925536137409152013-03-20T18:45:00.001-05:002013-03-20T18:45:56.415-05:00ECD: Thoughts & Observations: A Drive Through Emiquon<a href="http://ecd-observations.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-drive-through-emiquon.html?spref=bl">ECD: Thoughts & Observations: A Drive Through Emiquon</a>: by Jane Garrison Ward Observation Date: March 20, 2013 Location: Emiquon NWR, Globe Tract, Co. 9 Road Weather: Partly cloudy, Northwe...<br />
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"I drove through the valley this afternoon and did not see any snow geese.
Several eagles were hanging around the edge of Thompson Lake, as well as a
couple of hawks and two Northern Harriers. There were many different species of
waterfowl, both diving and dabbling ducks, many Canada geese, a dozen or so
American White Pelicans, and a more than a dozen swans, either tundra or
trumpeter were grazing in the flooded fields of the Emiquon National Wildlife
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"Snow Geese may still be around the area, but I didn't see them
yesterday or today. This is an exciting time at Emiquon. The water in the lake
is rising along with the water in the Illinois river, and with the cold up
north, the Snow Geese may show up again before heading on to breeding grounds."</div>
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In addition to the egrets, there were many Killdeer crying as they flew around, and plenty of Red-winged Blackbirds throughout the wetland area. As I walked along the boardwalk that runs through the wetland, I spotted what I think is a Grasshopper Sparrow and a male Dickcissel singing.<br />
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There were many dragonflies everywhere on the wetland: Black Saddlebags, Common Green Darners, Common Whitetails, all flying around too fast to photograph. However, I also found a Carolina Saddlebags dragonfly who posed for several photographs before taking off on the hunt. <br />
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A Bluet Damselfly let me take a few photos, as did a Common Buckeye butterfly. The Cabbage White was not quite as helpful as it moved quickly through the Mustard flowers.<br />
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Besides the Mustard flowers, I also found Great Blue Lobelia and Common Mullein in bloom near the boardwalk.<br />
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Farther north, across from County 9 Road that leads to Dickson Mounds Museum, a pair of Black-necked Stilts were foraging for food, along with a Red-winged Blackbird, Blue-winged Teal, Mallards, and many, many American Coots.<br />
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I found a Red Admiral butterfly sunning his wings.<br />
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A Pearl Crescent butterfly displayed his upper wings nicely.<br />
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A Delaware Skipper sat out in the sun.<br />
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A Question Mark Butterfly rested on a fallen log.<br />
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We have had an early spring, and many flowers had already bloomed. However we did find a few flowers in the woods along the bluffs of Coal Creek, including this Purple Trillium.<br />
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On the way back I found a Silver-spotted Skipper.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Walk with Me on my Photo Journey</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617638634721743083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18203774.post-22108219431387190792011-12-31T18:21:00.000-06:002012-01-03T18:24:21.555-06:00Migrating Snow Geese on New Years Eve at EmiquonOn the eve of the new year, I took this video of a huge raft of migrating snow geese, on Thompson Lake at the Nature Conservancy's Emiquon Nature Preserve in Fulton County Illinois, as it rises and lowers to form a new raft farther south on the lake. You can hear the wind and the highway noises, but I left in the sound so you can hear the geese. I uploaded this video as is, without editing.<br />
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The Fulton County Courthouse was built in 1897 to replace the earlier Courthouse destroyed by fire.<br />
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Caboose in Lewistown, Illinois, sitting on a small section of track, right next to the Railway Express Agency.<br />
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"On December 16, 1905, Lewistown was notified a $5,000 grant (later increased to $5,400) would be forthcoming from the Carnegie Corporation. The following year a lot site was purchased for $450 from Amelia and Daniel Talbott, a building design by Paul O. Moratz of Bloomington, IL was created, and T. M. Mercer was contracted for the construction of the Lewistown Carnegie Public Library. The library materials were moved once again; but, this move has lasted more than 100 years.<br />
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The building’s cornerstone bears the inscription “Carnegie 1906.” It not only serves as a testament to the generosity of Andrew Carnegie but also to the untiring efforts of the Lewistown Public Library and Reading Room Association and the Lewistown community."<br />
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Ratcliff Park is located on West Ave E, County 14 Road. Glen Ratcliff donated the park to the park district. There are two quarter mile walking/biking asphalt paths, fitness stations, pavilion, restrooms and picnic areas. These photos were taken from the upper park. In the first photo, if you look closely, you can see two eagles soaring over the hillside.<br />
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Several small snakes didn't make it across the road in their attempt to get up the bluff from the grassland.<br />
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Few flowers bloomed.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228789370/" title="10082011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-WhiteFallFlowers_MG_4375 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6240/6228789370_3a3e4f3dba.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="10082011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-WhiteFallFlowers_MG_4375"></a><br />
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Dragonflies were still abundant, and slower than they were in the hot months of summer, more likely to land.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228292391/" title="10052011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-CommonGreenDarnerDragonfly_MG_3704 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6161/6228292391_d5ec614e4f.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="10052011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-CommonGreenDarnerDragonfly_MG_3704"></a><br />
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Bumble Bees still buzzed about.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228298015/" title="10052011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-BumbleBee_MG_3728 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6162/6228298015_343bdd65f6.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="10052011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-BumbleBee_MG_3728"></a><br />
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Katydids and spiders.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228305265/" title="10052011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-Spider-Katydid_MG_3717 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6116/6228305265_0a73b91406.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="10052011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-Spider-Katydid_MG_3717"></a><br />
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All to be found along Clark Road in October.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228311043/" title="10052011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad_MG_3739 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6211/6228311043_11a46b2df6.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="10052011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad_MG_3739"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Walk with Me on my Photo Journey</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617638634721743083noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18203774.post-31240959482763797992011-10-05T11:53:00.000-05:002012-01-13T12:43:58.221-06:00The Nature Conservancy's Emiquon Wetland ObservatoryThe trees north of the entrance road leading to the Wetland Observatory displayed their autumn colors.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228704304/" title="10052011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObservatory_MG_3804 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6218/6228704304_b55964b148.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10052011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObservatory_MG_3804"></a><br />
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Dabbling ducks of various kinds filled the shallow waters of the wetland.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228678864/" title="10052011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObservatory_MG_3826 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6158/6228678864_8acafa9eac.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10052011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObservatory_MG_3826"></a><br />
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A group of people with some folks from TNC and Dickson Mounds Museum gathered out on the boardwalk overlooking the lake.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228181611/" title="10052011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObservatory-TNC_Tour_MG_3810 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6180/6228181611_f9dd72c7cd.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10052011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObservatory-TNC_Tour_MG_3810"></a><br />
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From the Lake Observatory boardwalk, I could see the Wetland Observatory, across water alive with plants and algae.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228172581/" title="10052011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObservatory_MG_3816 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6218/6228172581_c93d6a80aa.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10052011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObservatory_MG_3816"></a><br />
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Pelicans and Cormorants lined up on the ridge between Flag and Thompson Lakes.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228712510/" title="10052011JGW-EmiquonWetPrairieAccess_PelicansCormorantsLake_MG_3792 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6041/6228712510_0da3f1b198.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10052011JGW-EmiquonWetPrairieAccess_PelicansCormorantsLake_MG_3792"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228204151/" title="10052011JGW-Emiquon-SouthThompsonLevee_MG_3781 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6212/6228204151_8ab45ab415.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10052011JGW-Emiquon-SouthThompsonLevee_MG_3781"></a><br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Walk with Me on my Photo Journey</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617638634721743083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18203774.post-54387129065434395042011-10-03T11:22:00.000-05:002012-01-13T11:52:58.647-06:00October Light"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October." <br />
- Nathaniel Hawthorne<br />
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A view of the Emiquon Wetland Observatory from Clark Road shows the changing colors of early October.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6210497023/" title="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad_IL78_MG_2902 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6205/6210497023_6828efbe0e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad_IL78_MG_2902"></a><br />
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In early Autumn, many insects are out sunning themselves, making it easier to get photographs:<br />
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Praying Mantis:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6210498493/" title="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-PrayingMantis_MG_3081 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6048/6210498493_56cb664ff4.jpg" width="357" height="500" alt="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-PrayingMantis_MG_3081"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6211011288/" title="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-PrayingMantis_MG_3036 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6094/6211011288_431d26bff4.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-PrayingMantis_MG_3036"></a><br />
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Common Green Darner dragonfly, female:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6210500053/" title="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-CommonGreenDarnerDragonflyFe_MG_2945 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6208/6210500053_cee855dc46.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-CommonGreenDarnerDragonflyFe_MG_2945"></a><br />
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Common Green Darner, male:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6210502545/" title="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-CommonGreenDarnerDragonfly_MG_3093 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6064/6210502545_3a807b0401.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-CommonGreenDarnerDragonfly_MG_3093"></a><br />
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Harvester:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6211013150/" title="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-Harvester_MG_2951 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6203/6211013150_4cc92c5fe3.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-Harvester_MG_2951"></a><br />
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A grackle seemed to be eyeing the insects I was photographing!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6210501899/" title="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-CommonGrackle_MG_2984 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6211/6210501899_2e84ebfa25.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-CommonGrackle_MG_2984"></a><br />
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A female Indigo Bunting came out to see what was going on:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6210503687/" title="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-IndigoBuntingFe_MG_3166 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6107/6210503687_808cd6f501.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="10032011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-IndigoBuntingFe_MG_3166"></a><br />
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The trees between Clark Road and the lake are growing; one day I won't be able to see the lake from this point.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6228142485/" title="10052011JGW-Emiquon-ClarkRoad_MG_3741 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6056/6228142485_a9fe1e0684.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10052011JGW-Emiquon-ClarkRoad_MG_3741"></a><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Walk with Me on my Photo Journey</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617638634721743083noreply@blogger.com012801-13695 N Clark Rd, Lewistown, IL 61542, USA40.37427447537182 -90.08033752441406240.350082975371819 -90.119819524414069 40.39846597537182 -90.040855524414056tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18203774.post-8235802231505358612011-09-04T19:10:00.000-05:002011-09-19T17:11:43.720-05:00Sunset over Thompson LakeBy September 4, the weather had cooled down and it was quite pleasant. I stopped by the Emiquon Nature Preserve visitor access area and took a few photos of the lake in the setting sun.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131312690/" title="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2124 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6131312690_54364cd75c.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2124"></a><br />
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I walked past the canoe launch on my way to the elevated observation platform.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6130762301/" title="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2046 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6130762301_3b485b7214.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2046"></a><br />
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As I climbed the steps to the overlook at the Wetland Observatory, I turned to look towards the sun setting over the bluffs on the other side of the highway.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131313800/" title="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2091 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6185/6131313800_43d627833e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2091"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6130761117/" title="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2048 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6205/6130761117_325ed5cdf7.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2048"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131309546/" title="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2067 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6131309546_e7974856b8.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2067"></a><br />
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The waxing half moon was rising as the sun set behind the nature preserve.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131308420/" title="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2084 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6197/6131308420_2b27b698f2.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="09042011JGW-EmiquonWetlandObsSunset_MG_2084"></a><br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Walk with Me on my Photo Journey</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617638634721743083noreply@blogger.com011493-11541 N State Route 97, Lewistown, IL 61542, USA40.356813530255643 -90.08153915405273440.35076403025564 -90.09140965405274 40.362863030255646 -90.071668654052729tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18203774.post-90091217023604625042011-08-31T21:35:00.000-05:002011-09-18T21:51:48.162-05:00Clark Road Pathway OvergrownOn the last day of August, I decided to take a walk down the pathway from Clark road to the levee. The pathway was completely overgrown with wetland plants that heavy rains created in June and early July, before the oppressive heat and corresponding drought moved into the area. <br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6130548611/" title="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-WetlandBridge_MG_1882 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6200/6130548611_5f35b9351e.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-WetlandBridge_MG_1882"></a><br />
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Great Blue Lobelia bloomed at the edge of the prairie.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131093014/" title="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-GreatBlueLobeliaWidflower_MG_1940 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6131093014_a64e09021b.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-GreatBlueLobeliaWidflower_MG_1940"></a><br />
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The pond the beavers created under the bridge was dried up, and the plants had taken over.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6130550439/" title="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-WetlandPond_MG_1915 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6078/6130550439_7d69dfa4bb.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-WetlandPond_MG_1915"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6130544257/" title="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-Wetland_MG_1911 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6130544257_bf63698fc5.jpg" width="400" height="500" alt="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-Wetland_MG_1911"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131094684/" title="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-WetlandBridge_MG_1902 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6190/6131094684_af5bf5d7e5.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-WetlandBridge_MG_1902"></a><br />
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Plants blocked the pathway leading away from the bridge TNC built to cross the stream that crosses the path.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131095548/" title="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-WetlandBridge_MG_1926 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6131095548_421ae6d12d.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-WetlandBridge_MG_1926"></a><br />
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I fought my way past the plants only to find more plants; no trace of the former pathway could be found. Foxtail grass, Sneeze Weed, Boneset, and Ironweed, sedges and other wetland plants covered the open acres of land between the stream and Thompson Lake.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6130546973/" title="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-SneezeWeedFoxTailGrass_MG_1896 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6130546973_45e76c0bb6.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-SneezeWeedFoxTailGrass_MG_1896"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131097402/" title="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-SneezeWeedWildflowers_MG_1893 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6062/6131097402_c13b883052.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-SneezeWeedWildflowers_MG_1893"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131099088/" title="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-IronweedWildflowers_MG_1931 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6195/6131099088_a6aaa47750.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="08312011JGW-EmiquonClarkRoad-IronweedWildflowers_MG_1931"></a><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Walk with Me on my Photo Journey</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617638634721743083noreply@blogger.com012801-13695 N Clark Rd, Lewistown, IL 61542, USA40.374944702396562 -90.082054138183640.373432702396563 -90.084521638183588 40.37645670239656 -90.0795866381836tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18203774.post-17444611290051382122011-08-23T21:30:00.000-05:002011-09-18T21:37:41.812-05:00Duncan MillsI took the long way home from Emiquon, taking Route 100 to Lewistown. This route passes the corner of Duncan Mills, an unincorporated community near the Spoon River. I have long admired an old barn near the intersection of US 136 and IL 100.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131090488/" title="08232011JGW-FultonCountyBarnJnc136-100_MG_1822 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6082/6131090488_1c98f0e7d4.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="08232011JGW-FultonCountyBarnJnc136-100_MG_1822"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6130541967/" title="08232011JGW-FultonCountyBarnJnc136-100_MG_1824 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6130541967_7fcdb4c4bf.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="08232011JGW-FultonCountyBarnJnc136-100_MG_1824"></a><br />
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An automobile garage is the only business left in the area.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkwithme2/6131092124/" title="08232011JGW-WhitmoresGarageJnc136-100_MG_1833 by jward199, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6200/6131092124_5ac1c2772c.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="08232011JGW-WhitmoresGarageJnc136-100_MG_1833"></a><br />
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Here is a photo from long ago, when there was a mill here:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sciencespot.net/duncan/Media/mill.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="931" width="727" src="http://sciencespot.net/duncan/Media/mill.jpeg" /></a></div><a href="http://sciencespot.net/duncan/Media/mill.jpeg"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Walk with Me on my Photo Journey</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617638634721743083noreply@blogger.com0Duncan Mills, IL 61441, USA40.336994 -90.19059840.324890499999995 -90.210338999999991 40.3490975 -90.170857