Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

Juvenile Indigo Bunting.

Beaver ponds are full of marsh flowers.

Baltimore Oriole.

Young Bull Frog. He jumped and startled me before posing nicely for a photo.

Painted Turtles on a log.

Many birds can be seen at the feeders outside the ranger station at Forest Park Nature Center.

Downy Woodpecker.

Goldfinch and Nuthatch.

American Goldfinch.

Black-capped Chickadee.

Tufted Titmouse.

White-breasted Nuthatch.

Four Wild Turkey Toms.

Turkey Tom dragging his plume.

A Turkey Vulture soared overhead.

This deer started running straight towards me.

He stopped when he noticed me standing there with my camera and slowly walked off in the other direction.

Turkeys and Deer feeding on the lawn next to the park.

Juvenile Indigo Bunting, singing at the edge of the prairie remnant at Forest Park.

Cedar Waxwings were out over the farthest beaver pond at Cooper Park this morning.

Louisiana Waterthrush singing in the woods at Cooper Park.

Painted Turtles on a Log.

Black-capped Chickadee.

White Cabbage Butterfly.

Song Sparrow 1.

Song Sparrow 2.

Goldfinch 1. What I thought was a Prothonotary Warbler is more likely a female goldfinch. My only view of the birds were from below, and I thought we had the warbler, since I did not see any black as in a Goldfinch. But the bill is not correct for a warbler,so I'll concede it to be a Goldfinch.

Song Sparrow 3.

Goldfinch 2.

Goldfinch 3.

Edwards Powerstation reflecting in a newly forming marsh north of Pekin, Illinois. This marsh was full of Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons. There must have been 60 egrets and 30 herons milling around in the marsh.

Great Egrets 1.

Great Egrets 2.

Great Egrets 3.

Horse in a stable next to the trail at Tante Park in Pekin, Illinois.

Red-tailed Hawk in the tallest Pine tree by the savanna at Springdale Cemetery.

Red-tailed Hawk 2.

Red-tailed Hawk 3.

Wild Turkey Hen and Chicks at crossing one of the trails at Forest Park Nature Center.

Turkey Chick 1.

Turkey Chicks.

Turkey Chick 2.

Chipmunk at Springdale Cemetery.

Sparrow Chick all fluffed up.

Sparrow Chick in the Red Bud tree outside the ranger station at Forest Park.

Deer at Forest Park Nature Center.

Red-winged Blackbird with Mayfly. This guy was going crazy as Scott, Ed and I walked down one section of the boardwalk at Cooper Park on Sunday morning. He had this Mayfly in his mouth, ready to feed his babies, but we were in the way, and he let us know about it in no uncertain terms.

Caterpillar in the sun.

The Tadpole is almost a Frog, photographed by my friend Ed. Like the beginning of time.