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A mother giraffe with a young calf at The Living Desert in Palm Desert, Calif.
Fred Share of Arlington Heights
Something to look forward to! The Monarch Butterflies are on the way. Spring migration began in March and progresses through June. Looking forward to sunny days and butterflies!
Randy Link of Winfield
A blue bird sits in a tree on March 29 in Millennium Park in Chicago.
Mia Martino of Palatine
A daffodil that is coming up in my yard, and I got a brief moment with it before it began to rain again.
Micah Hill of Naperville
First Blue Heron of Spring. I took this photo at the Graue Mill in Oakbrook. It is the first blue heron I have seen this spring. They seem to be back aliittle early this year. I was using my new Nikon P900 with a 83x zoom lens. I like the waterfall as a background. it seems to frame the heron nicely.
Todd Sherlock of Downers Grove
A deer stands in the middle of the trail at Lakewood Forest Preserve on March 14.
Norm Hansen of Lake Zurich
A passenger jet can be seen through the blooms on a tree as it lands at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on March 11.
Jim Huskey of Libertyville
A great horned owl sits in a tree on March 1 watching some ducks wading in a swollen reservoir due to heavy rains.
Cindy Spudich of Lake Zurich
Pat Hartmann of Elgin
I took this photo of a newly hatched Sphinx Moth that was resting on a piece of driftwood on our pat
While on a recent trip to Cozumel, Mexico, I spotted this Yucatan Woodpecker emerging from an electrical pole near our resort.
John Mayer of West Dundee
Every time I see this tree on my way to work, especially on gray and gloomy days like we've had lately, it makes me think it belongs in a Harry Potter movie.
Tom Nicol of Geneva
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