Page 2 of 3
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Matthiessen State Park - Oglesby, Illinois
July 20, 2013
Two views of a red-spotted purple butterfly with a hunk of wing missing
Yellow coneflowers
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Starved Rock State Park - Oglesby, Illinois
July 20, 2013
Love the spotted eye on this cabbage white butterfly.
When visitors on the trail stop and stare, so does my camera.
This is a very popular park, so, to conserve the ground, stairs were built to the platforms atop Starved Rock.
View from atop Starved Rock of the lock and dam on the Illinois River
American white pelicans and neotropic cormorants on the Illinois River
Passengers loading on the tour boat.
Barges approaching the lock.
Islands in the Illinois River as well as markers keeping river traffic away from them
I shot an image of a boat on the river and when I zoomed in I found a bow fishermen.
In another area of the river, this fish bit the bait at the end of a fishing rod and was then scooped from the water.
Continue to Chicago area photos. (page 3 of 3)
All photos © S. M. Garver