Floodplain prairies are adapted to periodic flooding—dormant prairie plants can survive when inundated in water. An avian visitor to the flooded prairies is the Osprey.
During the breeding season, in marshes populated with cattails and wet meadows full of tall grasses, cascading whinnies indicate the presence of an otherwise secretive little rail: the Sora.
Those with siblings know: you don’t always get along, especially when you are younger. Maybe they won’t let you play with their new toy. Perhaps they took the last popsicle in the freezer. The Brown-headed Cowbird takes it to another level.
As flocks of cranes, geese, and ducks pass overhead, keep an ear out for less familiar calls such as the high-pitched yodel of Greater White-Fronted Geese (Anser albifrons).