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Old wood building on a country road, Northern Illinois, USA
Solitary man jogging along a multiuse trail winding through savanna in a forest preserve on a sunny fall morning in northern Illinois, for motifs of fitness, recreation, autumn
Kishwaukee Gorge Waterfall after heavy rainfall in northern Illinois
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) in Northern Illinois.
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male in Serviceberry Bush (Amelanchier canadensis) in fall, Marion, Illinois, USA.

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Birdhouse among black-eyed Susans (botanical name: Rudbeckia hirta) in nature preserve , August in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/birdhouse-blackeyed-susans-botanical-name-rudbeckia-150424667">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Mammatus clouds over northern Illinois on a warm evening in JuneImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/mammatus-clouds-northern-illinois-warm-evening-32408842">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Recycling at a glance: Compost heap, with remains of vegetable and flower garden, beginning to decompose in autumn on a farm in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/recycling-glance-compost-heap-remains-vegetable-234318673">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Pallas primrose (binomial name: Primula pallasii, sometimes identified as Primula elatior subspecies pallasii) blooming together in a flower bed, spring in northern Illinois (selective focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/pallas-primrose-binomial-name-primula-pallasii-278440898">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Purple-flowered common periwinkle (botanical name: Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea'), without flowers, early summer in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/purpleflowered-common-periwinkle-botanical-name-vinca-143868748">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Abstract of pointillized spider flowers (binomial name: Cleome hassleriana "Sparkler Mix"), native to South America, in a summer garden, July in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/abstract-pointillized-spider-flowers-binomial-name-210046240">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Giant ornamental onion (botanical name: Allium giganteum), as big as softballs, in mid spring garden, northern Illinois (selective focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/giant-ornamental-onion-botanical-name-allium-141548548">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Warning notice for hikers and bikers: Red and white sign marks area for fall and early-winter hunting in a state park in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/warning-notice-hikers-bikers-red-white-254047018">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Climbing wild rose (botanical name: Rosa setigera) growing in a prairie thicket early in July, northern Illinois (selective focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/climbing-wild-rose-botanical-name-rosa-150943829">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Tops of wind turbines against a wintry blue sky in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/tops-wind-turbines-wintry-blue-sky-48062857">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Winter sky: Wispy cirrus clouds tattered by high winds late in December, northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/winter-sky-wispy-cirrus-clouds-tattered-242745586">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Summer at a glance: Abundance of pale purple coneflowers (botanical name: Echinacea pallida) in garden, July in northern Illinois (foreground focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/summer-glance-abundance-pale-purple-coneflowers-147860681">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Prairie landscape at sunset in fall, with rain clouds moving in beyond horizon of woods, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/prairie-landscape-sunset-fall-rain-clouds-87645037">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Prairie trail in winter: Wide paved path winding across a prairie preserve near a housing development on a winter day remarkable for lack of snow in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/prairie-trail-winter-wide-paved-path-242747071">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Spring cuttings: Piles of pruned tree branches arranged for pickup along curved path by woods in a public park, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/spring-cuttings-piles-pruned-tree-branches-135522083">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Sign on public farm in northern Illinois: "Do not feed anything to the animals"Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/sign-public-farm-northern-illinois-feed-153893609">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Blue star (binomial name: Amsonia hubrichtii), also known as Hubricht's bluestar, Arkansas amsonia, and thread-leaf blue star, in a summer garden, northern Illinois (foreground focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/blue-star-binomial-name-amsonia-hubrichtii-204277360">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Wind turbines stand above wintry farmland in northern Illinois (roadside view)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/wind-turbines-stand-wintry-farmland-northern-48062860">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Ominous cloud before a storm that never happened: Vertical cloud formation, evocative of a mushroom cloud after a nuclear explosion, hiding the afternoon sun on a spring day in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/ominous-cloud-storm-happened-vertical-cloud-200564354">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Wind turbines and distant power pylons stand above wintry corn field in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/wind-turbines-distant-power-pylons-stand-47110360">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Common milkweed (botanical name: Asclepias syriaca), also known as butterfly flower and silkweed, flowering in prairie in summer, northern Illinois. It is the main source of food for caterpillars.Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/common-milkweed-botanical-name-asclepias-syriaca-144709582">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Abstract of Gemini blue star creeper (possible binomial name: Pratia pedunculate, Laurentia fluviatilis, or Isotoma fluviatilis) early in summer, northern Illinois, for decoration and backgroundImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/abstract-gemini-blue-star-creeper-possible-311120438">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Green practice in winter: Three wooden compost bins on a cold day in a public park in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/green-practice-winter-three-wooden-compost-169930499">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Female American kestrel (scientific name: Falco sparverius) perched on gloved finger of naturalist in winter, northern Illinois. A.k.a. sparrow hawks, kestrels are the most common falcon in N. AmericaImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/female-american-kestrel-scientific-name-falco-128586710">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Environmental landscape in mid October, with lake and reeds in foreground and two rows of transmission towers receding across forest preserve in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/environmental-landscape-mid-october-lake-reeds-63020245">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Ice sculpture of elephant or mastodon, partial view, in public square -- detail of winter ice festival in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/ice-sculpture-elephant-mastodon-partial-view-9438046">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Spring at a glance: Detail of formal garden with pink flowering Eastern redbud (botanical name: Cercis canadensis) and trimmed shrubs, northern Illinois in AprilImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/spring-glance-detail-formal-garden-pink-99512543">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Rural dirt road lined with trees and telephone poles by farm fields on overcast spring day in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/rural-dirt-road-lined-trees-telephone-50105062">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Serenity after a snowstormImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/serenity-snowstorm-232154266">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Quiet avenue of trees after a snowstorm: An aspect of winter more agreeable to many than what they often see on newscastsImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/quiet-avenue-trees-snowstorm-aspect-winter-340735646">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Tree branches encased in ice on a winter dayImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/tree-branches-encased-ice-winter-day-43373527">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Clearing in woods strewn with pine needles (focus on middle ground)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/clearing-woods-strewn-pine-needles-focus-63495223">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Green foxtail (Setaria viridis), a wild grass common in the United States. Often considered a weed, it grows in clumps.Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/green-foxtail-setaria-viridis-wild-grass-37889248">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Green foxtail (Setaria viridis), a wild grass common in the United States. Often considered a weed, it grows in clumps.Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/green-foxtail-setaria-viridis-wild-grass-37889245">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Multiple tracks of car tires, with a few footprints, in snow on pavementImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/multiple-tracks-car-tires-footprints-snow-24827734">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Multiple tracks of car tires, with a few footprints, in snow on pavementImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/multiple-tracks-car-tires-footprints-snow-24827731">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Big sky over hilltop with prairie grassImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/big-sky-hilltop-prairie-grass-33528253">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Prairie grass at top of hillImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/prairie-grass-top-hill-33528268">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Two snow-covered benches by a tennis court under snowImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/two-snowcovered-benches-tennis-court-snow-22589875">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>

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