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Nature

Magical Wings

By Alyssa Nyberg, Restoration Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy’s Kankakee Sands Back in grade school I learned about the fascinating ways in which butterflies and bees pollinate flowers. As they gather energy-giving nectar from a wide variety of flower shapes and sizes with their perfectly adapted proboscis and tongues, their bodies are simultaneously gathering pollen…

Nature

A Sighting of Sandhill Cranes can be Good for You and Science, too!

By Alyssa Nyberg, Restoration Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy’s Kankakee Sands Have you ever been out in nature and said “Whoa, that is so cool!,” and then followed it up with a “I wonder why”? Well, you may find it hard to believe but your observations about nature have the power to help not only…

Nature

The Wildlife in the Willows

By Alyssa Nyberg, Restoration Ecologist at the Nature Conservancy’s Kankakee Sands This spring, I decided to re-read The Wind in the Willows, a children’s novel by Kenneth Graham. It had been many years since I first read this story as a child – the story of a mole, water rat, toad, and badger that have…

Insects

March’s Grand Surprise

By Alyssa Nyberg, Restoration Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy’s Kankakee Sands Ready for a grand surprise? Summer is not the only time to see butterflies at Kankakee Sands. March can be, too! Wait, what—March? Believe it or not, if you head out for a walk on a sunny day this chilly month March in an…

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