Winning images of our weekly photo contest
Saw this beauty near Sycamore the other day. After I shot this picture, he and the other deer ran off into the woods.
Matthew Kirby of Sycamore
Annie, the barn cat. Soaking up the sun on a beautiful January day. Life is good.
Marilyn Estes of Dundee
This photo was taken in a bamboo forest within Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. This Golden Monkey was very inquisitive and posed nicely for photos
Rick Baier of West Dundee
A fisherman enjoys the colorful sunset and great fishing at Clear Lake Shores in Seabrook, Tex. on September 16, 2016.
Craig A. O'Malley of Arlington Heights
An exhibit at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago of a memorial with over 58,000 dog tags representing every U.S. military member killed in Vietnam. Each replicated tag has the name and date killed of the member of the military and is hung from the ceiling.
Jeanne Garrett of Arlington Heights
A large seal rests in the snow in Antarctica during December of 2016.
Don Bielinski of Hawthorn Woods
A gray heron keeps watch on the Gulf of Mexico shores of an Alabama beach on February 25.
Debbie Hart of Lake Villa
A peaceful and quiet morning as the sun peaks through the skinny trees in Cuba Marsh in Lake Zurich on February 17.
Cindy Spudich of Lake Zurich
This was taken on Feb 18, 2017 when it was almost 70 degrees! I call it "our family in shadows". We were out enjoying the unusually warm weather at the park, in short sleeves & no jackets. What a treat. We were walking back to the car, all 5 of us hand-in-hand when I noticed the shadow & stopped everyone to take a picture.
Carolyn Conroy Roche of Roselle
took this photo of a grasshopper holding onto a trellis in my backyard. I like how the photo shows off the details of the grasshopper's eyes and head.
Michael Setzke of Glen Ellyn
Photo was taken at the Fox Valley Wildlife Rehab fundraiser last fall. My granddaughter at the far right seems oblivious to the fact that a very large snake is attached to the tail that she is holding.
Neil Farber of Carol Stream
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