Summer is providing plenty of picture-perfect moments across the state.
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Shannon Martin tells us she had been trying to plant milkweed in her garden for the first time and was excited to find some caterpillars.
Jim Kenny, of Tinley Park, captured this image moments before a severe storm hit the area.
Joseph Nikola says this was quite a "robin rumble" that recently took place in Skokie.
Carol Augustinas submitted this photograph she took of her grandcat, Janeway, who was intrigued by a tiny visitor in Lockport.
Gloria Lopez photographed these sandhill cranes at Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve
Louise M. O'Connor tells us she loved the mohawk of a green heron she found in Frankfort.
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