<figure><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f36d23d/2147483647/strip/false/crop/4032x3024+0+0/resize/704x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F5e%2Faf224a34449f84f961b23d9edd17%2Fbaltz-trail-of-tears.jpg" alt="Mike Baltz"><figcaption>(Provided by Mike Baltz / Mike Baltz)</figcaption></figure>Ornithologist and ecologist Mike Baltz is back with his regular monthly essay on the natural history of southern Illinois with the November edition of Nature Notebook.

(Provided by Mike Baltz / Mike Baltz)Ornithologist and ecologist Mike Baltz is back with his regular monthly essay on the natural history of southern Illinois with the November edition of Nature Notebook.

(Provided by Mike Baltz / Mike Baltz)Ornithologist and ecologist Mike Baltz is back with his regular monthly essay on the natural history of southern Illinois with the November edition of Nature Notebook.

Commentary: Mike Baltz Nature Notebook - November

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