Gordon Garcia

As you look west from the prairie on the north side of Pine Street, you get a view of this lovely October tree line. Photo: Gordon Garcia, nature, landscape, fall, autumn, sky, plant, tree, grass, woods

As you look west from the prairie on the north side of Pine Street, you get a view of this lovely October tree line.

Crane in profile

Local photographer Gordon Garcia captured this shot of a sandhill crane along Batavia Road inside the east entrance of the lab. nature, wildlife, animal, bird, sandhill crane Photo: Gordon Garcia

Local photographer Gordon Garcia captured this shot of a sandhill crane along Batavia Road inside the east entrance of the lab.

Obedient plant

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The obedient plant, a native prairie wildflower, was recently blooming in abundance in the prairie on the north side of Pine Street. Obedient plants are so named because gently repositioned petals — for example, petals that are rotated around the stem — stay put.

On April 12 a female mountain bluebird visited A.E. Sea. The mountain bluebird is a western species occasionally seen here on migration.

Gordon Garcia of Bartlett, Illinois, took this picture of a fabulous sunset on Feb. 15. It was taken from the dog training area.

A red admiral butterfly alights on a flower on the hiking path on the east side of Lake Law.