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![red-tailed hawk in flight](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/red-tailed-hawk-carol-freeman-200x114.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawks Soar Throughout Forest Preserves
![an otter being released from an animal carrier as part of research by the Forest Preserves of Cook County](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/otter-release-research-oct15-200x114.jpg)
The Return of Urban Otters
![golden mantella frog](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/golden-mantella-frog-shedd-nov15-200x114.jpg)
Shedd Aquarium Expands Partnership with Forest Preserves
![an osprey banded at Saganashkee Slough.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/osprey-banding-saganashkee-slough-jun15-200x114.jpg)
How to Band an Osprey in 10 Photos (and a Video)
![Eastern cottontail nest](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cottontail-nest-flickr-del-ramey-apr13-200x114.jpg)
Did You Know? Those Baby Rabbits Aren’t Abandoned
![baby skunk](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/river-trail-nature-center-skunk-jun14-200x114.jpg)
Meet Our Skunk
![spring beauty wildflower](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ghq-wildflower-spring-beauty-apr15-200x114.jpg)
Try This: Phenology
![A spring peeper calling](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/spring-peeper-frog-mar15-200x114.jpg)
Did You Know? Those First Frogs You Hear are Chorus Frogs & Spring Peepers
![waterfowl taking off from Salt Creek in winter](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/winter-waterfowl-kris-dapra-jan14-200x114.jpg)