Images: Photo Contest Finalists
An Orchard Oriole swims the backstroke in an Ingleside backyard birdbath last week.
Marty Krogh of Ingleside
Two baby swans, less than a week old, swim in a Glenview pond in May. Baby swans are called cygnets.
Sam Duray of Mount Prospect
Interesting perspectives can be found in unexpected places. This window on nature is through a culvert under Route 31 near South Elgin.
Robert M. Sharp of Gilberts
Attached photo was taken just prior to sunset on June 9th. A warm pleasant evening filled with the sounds of birds and soft warm light of the setting sun.
Tony Pocewicz of Carpentersville
I took a photo of this dragonfly, a Libellula Pulchella Twelve-Spotted Skimmer, at the Morton Arboretum recently. I was visiting the Arboretum with my sons Monroe Middle Schools six grade class for a field trip to study streams and the organisms that inhabit them.
Karin Netzer of Wheaton
I took this picture of my daughter this past Spring on a visit to Cantigny Park. It was not posed and she must have heard something loud. I thought it captured a lot.
Jen Fellowes of Wheaton
The Point Ballet during the MacDonald Dance Academy Weekend of Dance at Barrington High School last May.
Christine M. Solum of Arlington Heights
A praying mantis on a rose petal in Wildwood garden. This praying mantis, along with about 100 others, hatchedfrom a single pod.
Linda L. Sarmento of Wildwood
I captured this squirrel in Chicago while walking with my grandkids. They were intrigued by the large snack it was enjoying.
Kathleen MacLennan of Naperville
This windmill sits in a field off Route 47, a little north of Huntley. I photographed it one morning as the sun was just coming up and I was fortunate to get the shot before the sun came out from behind the clouds.
Marc Moxon of Woodstock,
A Dusky blenny sticks its head out of a hole in brain coral seen during a dive in Barbados last April. The typical size of this fish is 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 inches long.
Janet Vrasic of Inverness
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