After stalling in Oklahoma in early April as they waited for milkweed to emerge, the butterflies have now crossed into Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, according to Journey North. The ones that reach Illinois are often a second generation – the offspring of the monarchs that left Mexico.
Migration of monarch butterflies hits Illinois Read More »
With wildlife cameras set up at more than 100 sites within a 30-mile radius of Chicago, Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute has captured hundreds of thousands of images of critters since it launched a monitoring project in 2010 – deer, squirrels, skunks, rabbits, coyotes, minks, the occasional weasel and even, memorably, a hawk in mid-swoop.
A surprise just showed up: a North American river otter.
Camera shy otter snapped for first time after 15 years of monitoring in Illinois Read More »
For more than 30 years, Cook County wildlife biologist Chris Anchor and his colleagues have been attaching metal ID bands to the legs of various birds – thousands in all – and every great once in a while, one of those birds, or maybe just its tag, is found.
This summer, Anchor received a report from the federal bird banding lab in Maryland that one of Cook County’s ospreys had landed in Colombia.
After 30 years of banding, this is the most exceptional return that we’ve ever had,” Anchor said.
Osprey banded in Cook County, Ill., found in Colombia after 2,500-mile flight Read More »
Some 3,000 of once endangered birds hang out in the state during the winter, attracted to our not-quite-frozen waterways and the steady supply of fresh fish they provide.
According to state wildlife officials, this is the largest population of wintering bald eagles in the continental U.S.
Bald eagle watch is on in Illinois Read More »
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