Ducklings On A Log, Deer In A Driveway And Birdie Selfie: IL In Photos

ILLINOIS — Take a look through this set of images from across Illinois. We're seeing many great opportunities for readers to get some memorable photographs throughout the state this summer.

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Betty Bogda got this great shot of a father and son fishing at a pond in the Pickerill-Pigott Forest Preserve in Yorkville.

Marylou Wilke saw this dragonfly on a zinnia and grabbed her camera for a photo near Baileywood pond in Naperville.

Marge Steppes photographed this deer walking in the driveway of a camper in Sublette.

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Ann-Marie Aiello sent in this photo she took of a cedar waxwing in Wilmington.

Ann Viernes, of Oak Park, took a photo of cicadas she painted and displayed for the Cicada-parade-a. They are located on the oak tree outside her art gallery, Purple Sun Arts, in the Oak Park Arts District.

Tamar Kotowski photographed this sandhill crane in Chain O'Lakes

Marsha Peterson, of Lake Bluff, was at the Lake Bluff Open Lands recently on the night of the Strawberry moon. "When I got home and looked at it, I saw one of my dogs with a green tag on, visiting me from above," she said.

Amanda Farmer sent in this photo taken by her son, Kaleob, who was cutting grass in Joliet. "Talk about a bird selfie, the bird let him pet it and everything," she told us.