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    Posts From: July 2020

    Male Bobolink by Gary Soper

    Nature Notes: Bobolinks - Birding at Kankakee Sands

    By Alyssa Nyberg, Kankakee Sands Efroymson Restoration on Jul. 31, 2020

    Header photo by Gary Soper. If you think saying the word “bobolink” is fun, you’d be right! Even more fun is seeing the bird itself. …

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    Dark-scaled sedge by Trevor Edmonson

    Nature Notes: Leaning In - Dark-Scaled Sedge at Kankakee Sands

    By Alyssa Nyberg, Kankakee Sands Efroymson Restoration on Jul. 08, 2020

    Photos by Trevor Edmonson This July we will be busy with harvesting hundreds of pounds of sedge seeds to include in this year’s prairie planting at Kankakee Sands. We will be harvesting twelve different sedges, each one so unique, and really quite lovely, if you just take the time to lean in and look more closely…

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