Wild Animals in our Backyards With Guest: Lee Hansen, Facility Manager, Emily Oaks Nature Center, Skokie, IL.
Original Air Date: 12-5-2008
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An inquisitive Grey Squirrel.
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A resourceful Grey Squirrel.
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A variation of the grey squirrel is the black squirrel.
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A Southern Flying Squirrel.
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The loose flaps of skin that extends from the squirrels wrists to its ankles is called the patagia and this feature allows the squirrel to glide.
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A Southern Flying Squirrel gliding through the air.
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An Eastern Screech owl.
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As you can see, screech owls are very small.
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A close up showing the screech owl's facial features.
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A Virginia Opossum mother carrying her babies.
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An opossum peeks out of a tree log.
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A juvenile Cooper's Hawk.
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An adult Cooper's Hawk.
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A Bald-faced Hornet's nest in a tree.
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Perhaps you have found a bald faced hornets' nest on your house.
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Here is a Bald-faced Hornet.
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A Meadow Vole also known as a field mouse.
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Two Coyotes on a hill.
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An adult male White-Tailed Deer, is called a buck.
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An adult female White-Tailed deer is called a Doe.
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Two Does sharing what looks like affection.
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A Striped Skunk.
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An American mink.
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Here you can see the length of the American Mink's body.
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A Black Bear mother and her two cubs. They do not live in Illinois.
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Black bears historically ranged throughout most of North America except for the desert southwest and the treeless barrens of northern Canada. They still occupy much of their original range with the exception of the Great Plains, the Midwestern states, and parts of the eastern and southern coastal states.
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A baby black bear and a skunk encounter one another.
Lee Hansen is the Facility Manager at Emily Oaks Nature Center in Skokie Illinois, where she has overseen the programming and operations of this 13-acre natural oasis for over 20 years. As a student in the Fisheries and Wildlife Biology program at Iowa State University, she earned the nickname, Ranger Lee. While she took every "-ology class" imaginable - entomology, ichthyology, ornithology and mammalogy, among others - her true passion lies in sharing the wonders of the natural world with people of all ages through innovative educational opportunities and outdoor adventures. Lee finds wild places and the creatures with which we share this planet to be a constant source of inspiration, awe and joy.
Lee Hansen is the Facility Manager at Emily Oaks Nature Center in Skokie Illinois, where she has overseen the programming and operations of this 13-acre natural oasis for over 20 years. As a student in the Fisheries and Wildlife Biology program at Iowa State University, she earned the nickname, Ranger Lee. While she took every "-ology class" imaginable - entomology, ichthyology, ornithology and mammalogy, among others - her true passion lies in sharing the wonders of the natural world with people of all ages through innovative educational opportunities and outdoor adventures. Lee finds wild places and the creatures with which we share this planet to be a constant source of inspiration, awe and joy.
