Birds of Illinois

This week I have chosen a photo I took at Glacial Park of a Sandhill Crane approaching me. To be honest, I'm not sure I would want one of these birds to come too close as seeing this coming at me did give me a brief sense of trepidation.

I have made this image available at full desktop resolution, so if you'd like to download it and make it your desktop background, you're more than welcome. I only ask that you don't modify the image in any way if you send it to anyone else. If you click on the image below, you will get a 1600x1200 pixel image, which should be big enough for just about any screen. Enjoy!