Frog In Hiding, Touchdown Celebration And A Spider Visits The Lake House: IL In Photos

Summer is beginning to give way to fall, bringing plenty of picture-perfect moments across the state as the seasons start to change.

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Blain Mepham sent in this photo taken at Heaps Giant Pumpkin Patch in Minooka.

Maureen Miks, of Hinsdale, submitted this photograph she took at Lake Katherine Nature Center in Palos Heights.

Brian Kabat photographed this American grass spider at his family's lake house in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Gary Pokorney got this shot at the Fox River path across from the Kane County Government Center in Geneva. "I was on my daily lunch break walk when I noticed a strange scene through the trees. Had to zoom in on what I was seeing to get this picture, just before the bird (some type of crane I think) flew off across the river with the fish still in its beak," he tells us.

Kathleen Rahal captured this amazing photo during sunset at the beach in Saugatuck.

Al Benson photographed West Aurora's Bryce Riley (8) and Amar Franklin (29) celebrateing during the first of Riley's four touchdowns in a 63-14 Blackhawk win over visiting Bartlett.

Cathy Malec photographed this juvenile red-tailed hawk sitting on her neighbor's fence in unincorporated New Lenox.

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