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IRC pictorial guide/rough-legged hawk
Illinois during migration. The rough-legged hawk is born in the Arctic and passes through Illinois during migration. It is a common winter resident, present most often in the northern part of the state. At the IRC, we often see rough-legs on their first migration ...
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Illinois Raptor Center Pictorial Guide/shorebirds
Illinois. They pass through Illinois during migration, wintering in the southeastern U.S. and farther south to South America. The Hudsonian Godwit is seen in Illinois only occaisionally. ... seen in Illinois during the spring. Short-billed dowitchers are difficult to tell from their relatives the long-billed dowitchers. Short-bills usually arrive later during spring migration, showing ...
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crane
A nesting crane frequently bugles loud and clear during the early morning hours to ward off intruders. During migration, ... throughout much of central and western North America. Breeding populations used the area from central Illinois northwestward to the arctic coast in the Mackenzie River area. The birds wintered along ...
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Consequences (vol. 1, No.2) - Global and U.S. National Population Trends
During 1995 itself, about 97 percent of world population increase will ... Texas 67,000; Florida 61,000; New Jersey 50,000; and Illinois 47,000.) Within these, moreover, the flow is concentrated within ... low fertility which may or may not be offset by migration. While migration trends can change rapidly, fertility rates tend to be ...
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Piping Plover - WDNR
Ontario, where 100 pairs used to nest, or in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and now, Wisconsin. Populations in Michigan and Minnesota also have declined substantially. In 1973, ... bills. Habitat: Prefer open sandy beaches along the Great Lakes during breeding season. They frequent inland lake areas and ponds during migration. Food Habits: Diet includes invertebrates washed up on shore, ...
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EEK! - Critter Corner - Canada Goose
Flocks will also make shorter flights depending on wind patterns and where food is available. During migration, geese can travel as fast as 70 miles per hour with a good tail wind ... roost sites on open water and snow covers their food. Geese continue their migration to wildlife refuges in southern Illinois, western Kentucky and Tennessee, about 450 miles south of Wisconsin. Around late ...
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Endangered Species Facts
Ohio River Valley and lower Wabash River Valley in extreme southwestern Indiana and adjacent Illinois and Kentucky, and in southern Michigan, northeastern Indiana, and northwestern Ohio. Reports of ... permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Predation During migration, snakes are vulnerable to predation, especially when their migration routes are interrupted by cleared areas such as roads, ...
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osprey
A migrating osprey soars over Lake Jacksonville during the fall of 2000. Ospreys rarely nest in Illinois but can sometimes be seen during migration. Bald eagles reaching maturity are sometimes mistaken for ospreys ... . When Do We See Them? A few Ospreys nest in Illinois, but the best time to see them is during spring and fall migration. Where Do We See Them? Near lakes, rivers, streams ...
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herons, egrets and cranes
Illinois Sandhill cranes conduct a courtship dance ina corn stubble field. Sandhill Cranes are most often seen crossing the east-central and northeast portions of Illinois during spring and fall migration ...
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Platte River Endangered Species Partnership(PRESP)
Overnight roosting sites usually have shallow water in which whoopers stand. It will roost ... easily disturbed when roosting or feeding. Distribution: The whooping crane formerly nested from central Illinois west to eastern North Dakota and north through the Canadian prairie provinces. It ...
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