THE MILKWEED AND THE BUTTERFLY CREEKS A pair of mallard ducks

A pair of mallard ducks rests along the banks of Eakin Creek West as their reflections are cast on the surface in this wetland landscape scene during early spring at Wildflower Park

A beautiful and colorful sunrise brings a sense of peace and joy to Wildflower Prairie with swamp milkweed and ironweed being in full bloom in the foreground on this summer evening

so I decided to brave the frigid -18F temperature to catch this sunrise in the park

While in the creek

THE MILKWEED AND THE BUTTERFLY CREEKS A pair of mallard ducksAfter photographing the wildflowers with the misty sunrise scenes at Wildflower Park, I focused on some of the wildlife in the park. I switched out the nikkor 105mm macro lens from photographing the swamp milkweed plant to my nikkor 300mm f4 to capture any wildlife that would come close enough. I was coming up to an area of the park with some common milkweed along the trail and was in high hopes of seeing a monarch butterfly or two. My high hopes came