debstromquist: I'll have to do some research to see what kind of turtles these are
debstromquist: The first break in the dam was made on June 20, 2012
debstromquist: Lots of rock & sediment is visible
debstromquist: According to the newspaper accounts, it only took a few hours for the water to stop running over the dam
debstromquist: A capsized boat appears
debstromquist: Milbridge Rd bridge
debstromquist: Fish in the river
debstromquist: Female mallard duck
debstromquist: Female mallard
debstromquist: So many rocks
debstromquist: The old boat docks
debstromquist: All of this used to be underwater
debstromquist: There's that boat
debstromquist: Looking upriver
debstromquist: The new riverbank on the south side
debstromquist: At least the cattails were pretty
debstromquist: Looking at the new opening from the other side
debstromquist: Hofmann Tower
debstromquist: On the bridge looking west
debstromquist: Obsolete warning buoys
debstromquist: Another shot of the turtles
debstromquist: Looking across the Des Plaines River into Lyons IL
debstromquist: New shrubbery has been planted
debstromquist: I think this is a Red-Winged Blackbird
debstromquist: A Common Grackle taking really a good bath
debstromquist: I feel so much better now
debstromquist: The water level is so low
debstromquist: Red-winged Blackbird