Middlefork Savannah

The Skokie Valley Bike Trail ends in Lake Bluff and leads 

into a large prairie forest preserve called Middlefork Savannah. It's 

a great place to visit during the summer, and is probably the largest

 and best example of Illinois prairie in Cook County. There's a path 

that leads through the tall grass and is surrounded by all sorts of

 wildlife and fauna.

During the winter I biked to Middlefork Savannah and I

 remember not finding anything worth photographing, and when I

 biked there again a few weeks ago there were all these birds and 

wildflowers and fields that hadn't been there before which was 

somewhat overwhelming and I couldn't really decide what to 

pursue. A stream passing through the prairie and a red-winged blackbird 

flying through the grass were among the things I ended up photographing.

Lake Bluff

Taken in June 2012