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The preserve includes Prairie, Savanna, Woodland, as well as an ADA Path, Birding Area, and Nature Trail. [2] With 349 recorded species, it is Illinois's hottest spot on EBird. [3] Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, conservationists and birders worked together to officially designate this area a nature preserve and bird sanctuary. [4]
Other animals were soon donated to the park, including, a puma, two elk, three wolves, four eagles, and eight peacock. [14] In 1874, a bear cub from the Philadelphia Zoo was the first animal purchased by the zoo, for US$10. [15] The bear became quite adept at escaping from its home and could frequently be found roaming Lincoln Park at night. [16]
CHICAGO — Bird migration is on the rise, and so are window collisions. As temperatures slowly drop in Chicago, 300 millions to 400 million birds are crossing the continent heading south to their ...
Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A shrike's beak is hooked, like that of a typical bird of prey. Two species have been recorded in Illinois. Loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus; Northern shrike, Lanius borealis
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About 1,000 songbirds died last week after flying into a Chicago convention center during their migratory journey south. The birds crashed into McCormick Place Lakeside Center, a mostly-glass ...
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At least 960 migrating birds, the highest number on record, died Thursday in “massive carnage” at McCormick Place Lakeside Center, according to David Willard, a retired bird division ...