A coyote on a frozen lake at Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington Hills in December.

Joe Petykowski of Palatine

Last Sunday, four deer were in our yard. We were watching them from our family room window. I never thought that three of them would come right up to the window and look in.

Pam Cibulka of Glen Ellyn

A mill in Weston, Vermont in fall of 2012.

Paul McDonough of Algonquin

An abandoned farm in northeast corner of Illinois earlier this month.

Butch Law of Des Plaines

Kids play by the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park in Chicago.

Tracy R Sefcik of Wheeling

I took the photo of these beautiful baby robins that nest in our bush in front of our house every year.

Ken Cooper of Elgin

The lattice roof on a hotel room's balcony north of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Nancy Giardina of Libertyville

Big Brown, also known as #778M, an alpha male of the Blacktail wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park on the North Road on the afternoon of January 18.

Steve DeRose of Hawthorn Woods

I took this picture during some flurries that came through my area on January 23rd.

Sarah Elsner of Itasca

The Hohensalzburg Fortress in Salzburg, Austria in an early snow in October.

Bob Denaro of Long Grove