A GOLDEN SPRING MORNING AT WILDFLOWER LAKE ELDERBERRY (SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS) Ruddy ducks spend a few

Ruddy ducks spend a few days resting and recouping at Wildflower Lake before continuing their migration north on this beautiful spring morning at Wildflower park

The creek is a typical mid west creek

These rosinweed flowers were off in the distance some but

I photographed this section of the creek for about an hour coming away with some beautiful images of the box elder trees and their reflection onto the creek

A GOLDEN SPRING MORNING AT WILDFLOWER LAKE ELDERBERRY (SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS) Ruddy ducks spend a fewThe forecast this June morning was to be mostly clear with some clouds. I thought it would be another beautiful and colorful sunrise so, I left the house wanting to photograph a colorful sunrise. I knew where in the park I wanted to catch the sunrise and photograph it, which was near Wildflower Lake. I reached the trailhead soon after leaving the house with camera gear in hand and it wasn't long before I started seeing the wildflowers along the lake