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Tag: Widlife

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…

Is That a Viceroy or a Monarch?

By Alyssa Nyberg on Sep. 08, 2020

Is That a Viceroy or a Monarch? By Alyssa Nyberg In early September, our Kankakee Sand prairies are aflutter with orange on yellow, white and purple. Monarch and viceroy butterflies are nectaring on goldenrods, bonesets, and ironweed, and it is one of the prettiest sights to be seen! Both the…

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