Vic Berardi talks about courtship of red-tailed hawks in a story on the hawks and woodcocks. Read more here

American woodcocks start courting in the sky in March.
Vic Berardi talks about courtship of red-tailed hawks in a story on the hawks and woodcocks. Read more here
American woodcocks start courting in the sky in March.
How do critters who spend time in winter survive frozen ponds in winter? Read here to learn more.
Mike Kloss, COO of Kloss Distributing Co in Gurnee talks about converting his business to solar energy. All the electricity is obtained from 2,000 panels atop the building’s roof. Read more here.
Edward Warden talks about woodpeckers in an article published in Natural Awakenings Magazine. Written by Sheryl DeVore. Photo below of red-headed woodpecker copyright by Steven D. Bailey.
“It’s an amazing conservation success story, and really illustrates the resiliency and adaptability of the bird.”
Luke Garver in an article about wild turkeys and turkey tail fungus. Read more here.
Four different great horned owls were talking in the dark. The most I had ever heard talking together was two. But this was a foggy, chilly night on a date when folks think scary thoughts.
Read all about the great horned owl.
Bob Schifo took this photo of a Great Horned Owl.
Ty Kovach reminisces about growing up on a farm in Minnesota. He now grows heirloom peppers in his Gurnee home — handed down for two centuries. Read more here.
Quote from Kelly Schultz of the Lake County Forest Preserves about finding the federally endangered rusty patched bumble bee at Greenbelt Forest Preserve. Read more here.
Photo below courtesy of Kelly Schultz, taken at Greenbelt Forest Preserve.
Reena Bowman of the USFWS talks about why five piping plovers were transferred from Wisconsin to Lake County, Illinois. Piping plovers are federally endangered. Read more here.
Photo copyright Dawn Fronk. This juvenile plover was discovered at Waukegan Beach after it flew south from Illinois Beach State Park.
Gary R. Soper, wildlife photographer describes Comet Neowise in a story I wrote about the comet everyone is rushing to see in the night sky. Read more here.