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Kane County Expands Collection of Hard-to-Recycle Items

Kane County Expands Collection of Hard-to-Recycle Items

In partnership with Flat Can Recycling of Elburn, Kane County Recycle...
Tasked with hunting aquatic prey yet lacking water-repellent feathers, cormorants spend a significant amount of time drying off after feeding.  Adults are brown-black while immature birds are lighter in color with a pale neck and breast.

Good Natured: The Cormorant Family

“They're creepy and they're kooky,Mysterious and spooky,They're altoge...
It's apple picking time in Kane County!

Apple Orchards Abound in Kane County

​It's prime apple picking time in Illinois so dust off those apple rec...
The recent Friday the 13th started off unlucky for this great horned owl, but got better when rescuers arrived.  The owl's third eyelid is visible on its right eye, but the eye itself was uninjured.

Good Natured: A Great Horned Owl Rescue

​The call came in at 8 a...
The mourning cloak butterfly's common name refers to its dark coloration, but provides few clues to its unique survival strategy.

Good Natured: Mourning Cloak Butterfly

​I bumped into an old friend the other day, in a most unexpected spot...
Meet Aspen!

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week - Aspen

​“The dog's agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want...
WIth daylight fading, a young red-tailed hawk watches and waits for a meal that never came.

Good Natured: Young Birds Leave the Nest

​There's no denying it: Summer is winding down...
Taurus is available for adoption at Kane County Animal Control.

KCAC Pet of the Week: Taurus

​​His name is Taurus and he's a little kitten with a large personality...
Female common true katydids, like the one pictured here, are all green with a curved ovipositor or egg-laying organ, at the hind end; males are mostly green but have a brown patch known as the stridulatory field just behind the head.

Good Natured: Katydids

​Among insect folk tales one story stands out...