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Look for Puttyroot Orchid leaves in rich woodlands

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Look for hoar frost (aka "rabbit ice")
on certain plants, especially Dittany

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Short-eared Owls foraging at sunset . . .

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Look for them in grassy fields

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Blackbirds by the millions in reedgrass
in Southern Illinois strip mines

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Breeding season of Fox Squirrel peaking

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Winter Solstice

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Peak of wintering waterfowl in Southern Illinois
occurs now through January

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