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Month: December 2011
DeKalb, Illinois Christmas Bird Count
For the first year we did a Christmas Bird Count for DeKalb County (Stacia and I had moved to the county in May). The weather was pleasant and the previous night we had received our first “real” snow of the season. So the trails were snow-covered but made it easier to hear birds calling. Unfortunately,
Bird Photography Weekly #173
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The Birds of Skyrim
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the fifth video game in the Elder Scrolls series from Bethesda Softworks. It is an epic adventure and an open-ended game of exploration. We find it both beautiful and entertaining and have been having fun playing it since it came out 11-11-11. Skyrim is a large land full of forest,
Owl Petting a Dog [Video]
Looks like a young Great-horned Owl. The dog maybe is a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon but we are not sure. You may need to hit refresh to view the video.
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Deer Run Forest Preserve Grows by 80 Acres!
We are pleased to announce that one of our favorite forest preserves is growing by 80 acres! The Winnebago County Forest Preserve District has acquired 80 acres of farmland that is adjacent to Deer Run Forest Preserve. This is the location where we spent a year doing surveys and discovered that in one calendar year
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Snowy Owl Invasion
There are tons of reports of Snowy Owls being sighted in Wisconsin and northern Illinois. We are planning on doing our own Snowy search this weekend (not the areas where they are being repeatedly seen). We saw a Snowy Owl exactly four years ago in Winnebago County, Illinois (picture below). You can check some of
