Episode Number
101
Episode Show Notes / Description
As the cold weather creeps in and winter approaches, we start preparing our house, our wardrobe, and our minds for the cold months to come. The bees, butterflies, squirrels, bats, and other Illinois wildlife have to prepare for the cold winter months ahead as well. Learn how our wildlife overwinters and what you can do to support those animals (without them making a winter home in your house!).
Questions:
- What are the challenges for wildlife in the winter?
- Sometimes it’s so quiet, What are animals doing in the winter?
- How can I support wildlife in the winter?
- I don’t want my yard to look like a forest, can I still support wildlife?
- Is there cases in which I wouldn’t want to support wildlife?