Bats are hot these days! If you are a Cubs fan or a White Sox fan, bats are swinging and folks are cheering. If you happen to be an Indiana bat aficionado, then you may have heard that there’s a movement afoot to designate the Indiana bat as Indiana’s state mammal. And with Halloween approaching…
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As the days grow shorter and night comes sooner, I enjoy all the fluttery things. The brilliant day-flying butterflies delight me. I love the flashes of color across the open sky, the undulating patterns as they float like fairies on the warm fall days. Relaxing and gently pumping their wings as…
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It’s March! And there is so much to be glad about – the great greening up of the overwintered landscape, the songs of birds in the early morning, and the thawing of the land leading to the prairies of Kankakee Sands being soaked with water. How glad I am for these wet, marshy places filling with…
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Have you been to Kankakee Sands and fallen head over heels in love with the prairie and bison? It’s easy to do when you witness first-hand the beauty this wide open big-sky place that people have reconstructed with their hands and hearts. Have you sat and watched the bison grazing passively on the…
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It’s September, and it’s back-to-school time for many students and families. My own kids are headed back to school, and as a mentor for our Student Conservation Internship team, I am going back to school, too! I am thrilled to be a part of the Student Conservation Internship (SCI) which connects…
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On this chilly May morning, I’m bundling up for a pre-dawn excursion. With binoculars round my neck and bird book in hand, I meet up with other Kankakee Sands staff and volunteers for our annual Kankakee Sands Bird Survey in the bison pasture. We are looking and listening for all the birds that…
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Dung Beetles and Bison! By Alyssa Nyberg We often talk about the types of plants that our Kankakee Sands bison are eating, and how that will affect the prairies. What we rarely talk about is what is happening at the other end of the bison. Bison poop, bison patties, dung, feces, meadow…
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