Canada geese loom large in Illinois, where their resident population has grown from some 70,000 in 1997 to about 120,000 today, and migratory birds are settling in for longer stays.
They want the Chicago Rockford International Airport to redesign its $50 million expansion project, preserving high-quality foraging ground for the high-profile bumblebee.
Dozens of local birds, including the increasingly rare Henslow’s sparrow, are doing surprisingly well in Chicagoland, according to an analysis of 22 years of data by the nonprofit Bird Conservation
An estimated 5,000 Americans are participating in No Mow May, a rapidly growing movement in which people let their lawns grow freely during the month of May, in the hope