Sometimes you just have to double-check to make sure you got what you got . . .

The late afternoon sun kisses the wings of a bald eagle in flight . . .

This post is about Eastern Skunk Cabbage; there are no wildlife pics (sorry), just images (4) of the first native spring wildflower to bloom in this part of northern Illinois . . .

Target acquired . . . Locked . . . Engage! Poor shad doesn't stand a chance . . .

What's as cute as a bug's ear? How about hummingbird eyelashes!

Juvie Eagle: "Look what I caught Uncle Baldy!" Uncle Baldy: "That's a mighty nice catch you have there young'un, thanks for all the fish!"

On the receiving end of "the look" from a Bald Eagle . . .

Found a pack of rare and ferocious golden retrievers in rural Illinois, and was able to capture a couple that were really going at it in the snow . . . mmmm . . . okay, these two are enjoying some faux fighting in the snow . . .

A Rough-legged Hawk comes up empty-taloned after a dive into the prairie and wings its way back up into the sky.

A Bald Eagle banks toward the evening sun above the Father of Waters . . .