Here are some of my favorites from a couple trips to a new-to-me Short-eared Owl location in southeastern Illinois.
A New Season for Shorties
"What a thousand acres of Silphiums looked like when they tickled the bellies of the buffalo is a question never again to be answered, and perhaps not even asked." -Aldo Leopold
A Thousand Acres of Silphiums 
Wow! Fantastic opportunity and shots!
Thank you!