Nature

Some photos of Nature.

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The sun reveals the veins on a newliy budded Red Maple leaf at Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Mattoon on Ma 5, 2008. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)
The long and straight trunk of a Tulip Tree (Lirodendron tulipifera) at Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Mattoon on May 5, 2008. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)
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A gander of Canada Geese cross Illinois Route 16 just East of highway 57 on Tuesday, April 6, 2008. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)
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LIght reflects through the silk of a spiders web between two trees at Fox Ridge state park in Charleston, Illinois on Monday, July 21, 2008. (Jay Grabiec)
Sun shines through the clouds onto fog rising from a corn field in Mattoon, Illinois on Thursday, July 24, 2008. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)
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A white-tailed deer fawn watches as a sneak in for a closer shot at Fox Ridge state park on Friday, August 8, 2008. (Jay Grabiec)
The sun sets over a tree line off of Route 316 in rural Mattoon on Friday, August 8, 2008. (Jay Grabiec)
Nate and Arnie Ralston are seen in the distance 'dumping on the go' at some of the Ralston's farm land located on IL route 130 about ten miles south of Charleston, Illinois on Saturday, November 1, 2008. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)
Dennis Noffke shows some of the bright colors on a drake Mallard after being shot during a duck hunt on Lake Mattoon on Saturday, November 15, 2008. (Jay Grabiec/Staff Photographer)
A male Northern Shoveler is seen crossing the pond located on the north end of the Lake Land College campus on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
A Yellow-belied Slider on the banks of the pond located on the north end of the Lake Land College campus on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
A Muskrat swims through algae on the pond located on the north end of the Lake Land College campus on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
A male Red-winged Blackbird on some cattails on the pond located on the north end of the Lake Land College campus on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
A male Red-winged blackbird is seen calling for a mate while perched on a cattail on the pond located on the north side of camps at Lake Land College in Mattoon, Illinois on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
A Canada Goose keeps watch over Lake Paradise just off of East Lake Paradise Road in Mattoon, Illinois on Monday, March 16, 2009.
A male Red-winged blackbird takes flight off of a cattail on a pond near Lake Paradise in Mattoon, Illinois on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
A male Red-winged blackbird is seen calling for a mate while perched on a cattail on a pond near Lake Paradise in Mattoon, Illinois on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
A male Red-winged blackbird is seen calling for a mate while perched on a cattail on a pond near Lake Paradise in Mattoon, Illinois on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
Robert Charboneau is seen re-casting his line while fishing for Crappie near his home on Lake Paradise off of East Lake Paradise Road in Mattoon, Illinois on Monday, March 16, 2009. Along with members of his family and friends, Charboneau caught several fish on the mid-sixties day. (Jay Grabiec)
A trio of white-tailed deer stand in a field near 150E Coles County Road (Lake Road) and 100N Etna Road in rural Mattoon, Illinois on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
A white-tailed deer runs through a field near 150E Coles County Road (Lake Road) and 100N Etna Road in rural Mattoon, Illinois on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
A white-tailed deer runs across 150E Coles County Road (Lake Road) near 100N Etna Road in rural Mattoon, Illinois on Monday, March 16, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
A drake Mallard flies to a new spot on the pond located on the north end of the Lake Land College campus on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. (Jay Grabiec)
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