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A male Red-winged Blackbird trilling away
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When he's not singing
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The trees budding
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The tiniest bits of green are starting to show
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Detail of the sculpture at the historic site
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Chicago Portage The Waterway West
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Father Marquette points east towards the present site of Chicago
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Portage Pond
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New life
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Purple wildflowers
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This was a surprise
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This little creek might be all that's left of "Portage Creek"
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Portage Creek
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Gary caused those ripples in the water
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A new tree branch is forming
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I think this is the former site of the Lake River Terminal
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Looks like the beaver are after this tree
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A lot of dead trees in the pond
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Grass reflection
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This tree looks like it is enveloping everything near it
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Across Portage Pond
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It looks like this tree kind of swallowed up this brick
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It looks like the deer have been eating the bark on this tree
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Looking back the way we came
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Some geese
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Good catch
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A train locomotive rumbles by
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Just to let everyone know not to dig anywhere around here
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Behind the sculpture
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A starling