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  • Bobolink*
    … Description: Look in the Dixon Prairie for this grassland bird that, like others of its kind, is no longer common. …
    Type: Birding
  • Cuckoo, Yellow-billed**
    … Description: This bird is often heard, but less often seen, in shrubby areas or the McDonald Woods foraging for …
    Type: Birding
  • Dowitcher, Short-billed
    … Description:  This is a medium-to-large shorebird often spotted on the shoreline or the mudflats south of the Dixon …
    Type: Birding
  • Hummingbird, Ruby-throated**
    … Description: This familiar bird hovers over tubular flowers while drinking nectar. It is sometimes confused with the similar-looking hawkmoth.  …
    Type: Birding
  • Sparrow, Swamp
    … Description: Commonly seen during migration, this bird is found in wet habitats—most frequently the Dixon Prairie and Marsh Island. …
    Type: Birding
  • Teal, Green-winged
    … Description:  This small, non-diving duck is usually seen in small to medium flocks on Garden lakes or flying over. …
    Type: Birding
  • Phoebe, Say's
    … Say's Phoebe is western species of fairly large, brownish-gray flycatcher with a peach-colored belly. Rarely …
    Type: Birding
  • Paeonia daurica ssp. wittmanniana
    … Native to the Caucasus Mountains, Paeonia daurica is a robust early-flowering Caucasian peony with huge foliage and whitish-yellow flowers. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Picea pungens 'Deitz Prostrate'
    … conifer needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of 1 foot. It is a ground cover. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • Picea pungens 'Lundeby's Dwarf'
    … evergreen needs full sun and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of 3 feet. It is a specimen shade tree. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant