Magnificent Magnolias, Pond Fishing And Rainbow Bird: 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 spring.

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Frank Gilliam sent us this photograph he took of a blue heron with a fish they caught at Prince Pond in Downers Grove.

Julie Sisto grabbed her camera and took this photograph at Loyola Beach in Rogers Park. She said it was a "sunny, windy spring day on the beach...summer days around the corner."

Judith Salstone captured this image of a bird flying by a rainbow in Wheeling.

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Tyler Paydon sent us this sunrise photo, taken at the Prescott Mill subdivision in Oswego.

There's a lot going on in this photograph sent to us by Trisha Raap, taken at her Elgin home.

Sue Marines photographed these red-breasted mergansers, who were visiting Valley Lo Pond in Glenview, earlier this month. She said the duck visitors came early this year as they were migrating through on ther way further north. "This year, [it was] a small flock of about 12 to 15, which is the most we've seen together," Marines said.

Betty Bogda got this great shot of a honey bee on a pear tree blossom in Yorkville.