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The northern cardinal is the state bird of Illinois. This list of birds of Illinois includes species documented in the U.S. state of Illinois and accepted by the ...
The Margery Adams Wildlife Sanctuary, usually called the Adams Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 40-acre (0.16 km 2) headquarters building and land parcel owned and managed by the Illinois Audubon Society. Its second-growth forest land and restored tallgrass prairie are managed so as to maximize the diversity of the urban wildlife that visits the property.
Ramphastos toco (Toco toucan) toucan: Guarani: Toco derives from tucá or tucán, the Guarani word for a toucan, perhaps meaning "bone-nose". A doublet of toucan. [227] Salal (Gaultheria shallon) heather: Lower Chinook: From sálal (the local name for the plant), via Chinook Jargon. [228] [229] [230] Saskatoon berry (Amelanchier alnifolia) pome ...
The public is encouraged to report any high concentrations of dead birds they may find as the Illinois Department of Natural Resources suspect avian influenza has killed at least 300 waterbirds ...
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,890 acre (180 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge primarily in southwestern Williamson County, but with small extensions into adjacent eastern Jackson and northeastern Union counties of southern Illinois, in the United States. Its land and water contain a wide diversity of flora and fauna.
The fauna of Illinois include a wide variety of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and insects (not listed). The state bird is the Northern cardinal. The state insect is the monarch butterfly. The state animal is the white-tailed deer. The state fish is the bluegill. The state fossil is the tully monster.
Chicago, Illinois – peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus; Crystal City, Texas – wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo; Deltona, Florida – Florida scrub jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens; Dunedin, Florida – osprey, Pandion haliaetus [26] Fort Worth, Texas – eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis [27] Galveston, Texas – reddish egret, Egretta rufescens
Zazu was hanging out in his new pasture when his caretaker surprised him with a visit from Lightning. "We just took Lightning in as a lease horse," they explained in the footage. The two ...