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Nature Smart: A tough-to-classify bird

People love to group, label, and pigeon-hole what we see and experience around us in nature.
I believe it helps us to understand and organize in our brains the vast number of species with

Backyard and Beyond: Birds and bees

Herbie Self watched what could be called the “other oriole,” the seldom-seen orchard oriole, slurping up grape jelly. A bee buzzed in for some jelly, too, and the oriole added it to the menu.

New York DEC encourages bear awareness

If it seems like bears have been in the news more than usual lately, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says there are several reasons.
Early and mid-summer usually brings a bumper

Illinois Mixed Bag: Contact with raccoons blamed for illness

DNR and the Illinois Department of Public Health are working with public health authorities in Rock Island and Iowa to investigate an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis, a gastrointestinal disease, in persons helping at a Rock Island

Bear sightings confirmed at southern sites in Illinois

The confirmed sighting came a week after Carrier Mills Chief of Police Scott Isaacs alerted the public of confirmed sightings of a black bear in that village. DNR was contacted and DNR Conservation Police Officer

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