Up In The Clouds, A Breathtaking 'Bathtub' And Heron Goes Fishing: IL In Photos

Summer is providing plenty of picture-perfect moments across the state.

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Colleen Schmidt photographed an Eastern Kingbird at the Chicago Botanical Garden.

Andy Ross submitted this photo he took of the "Bathtub" at the Des Plaines State Fish & Wildlife Area.

Pamela B. photographed this Common Eastern Bumblebee on a Japanese Anemone in her backyard.

Frank Gilliam saw this curious deer while at the Maple Grove Forest Preserve in Downers Grove.

Good timing by Angela Kahn, who caught this blue heron eating a fish at Sexton Park in Evergreen Park.

Chris Swan, of Chicago Ridge, grabbed a camera and shot a "little friend" in his garden planters.

Fred Share tells us he was at Lake Arlington when he got this nature shot.

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