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A brown and white bird with a sleek head and beak stands in a wetland with vegetation

American Bittern: Thunder Pumper of the Wetlands

By Alyssa Nyberg on May. 31, 2022

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…

Dung Beetles and Bison!

By Alyssa Nyberg on Jun. 05, 2020

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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