A dog from the nearby farm decided to come see what we were up too, and get a few pets. Following the dog was the tiniest little kitten. Another farm cat stayed behind, but the little kitten followed that dog, crying for attention from the dog, but hiding from me when I approached.
Hundreds of species of plants and animals flourished in the Thompson/Flag Lake area of the Illinois River Valley until 1922 when first Illinois River levee was built, isolating Emiquon from the river. The levees cut off the land from the river, and that diversity of life came to an end. All of that is changed in 2007, when the Nature Conservancy's Emiquon Project began restoring the habitat north of Havana, Illinois to its former glory.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Cloudy Day at Emiquon
On Saturday, in spite of the cloudy skies and recent rains, my friend Ed and I drove down to Emiquon. We stopped to take photos of the flowers in the prairie by the newly formed pond where TNC is raising fish. This area is also known as the Butt Track, for the former owners.

A dog from the nearby farm decided to come see what we were up too, and get a few pets. Following the dog was the tiniest little kitten. Another farm cat stayed behind, but the little kitten followed that dog, crying for attention from the dog, but hiding from me when I approached.




A dog from the nearby farm decided to come see what we were up too, and get a few pets. Following the dog was the tiniest little kitten. Another farm cat stayed behind, but the little kitten followed that dog, crying for attention from the dog, but hiding from me when I approached.
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