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Springbrook Prairie
This week we biked/hiked Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve in Naperville three times. |
| Trees are just beginning to leaf out. |
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| It seemed that birds disappeared as soon as I aimed my camera at them. Right to left: Eastern Towhee, American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee |
Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve
This park surrounds Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont. While it has a small waterfall (constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression), it is actually named after Bud Waterfall, an early president of the DuPage County Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners. The preserve has a 10-mile long hiking/biking path that is "hilly" by Chicago standards (that means an elevation difference of about 100 ft -- 30 m). |
| The waterfall is hidden by the emerging leaves. Redbud was in full bloom. |
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| While hilly, there are still a number of ponds and wetlands. |
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| Yellow Water Buttercup (Ranunculus flabellaris) |
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| These very tall nets were quite visible from I-88. |
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| Turns out it's a tri-level driving range. |
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