What’s In The Woods?

Come with me into the forest around my home. With over 68,000 acres of protected forest in Cook County, Illinois you never know what you may find. We really need these preserves as an emotional brake from the hectic life in and around a big city like Chicago. The forest also serves as a nice reminder of how the area looked hundreds of years ago.

Other local animals I have seen near Chicago, but couldnt get good video of: Coyote, Fox, Skunk, Eastern Chipmunk, Beaver, Turtles, Canadian Geese, Muskrat, Opossum, and lots of birdies.
It is possible in parts of Cook County that a very rare sighting of a wolf or a cougar may take place due to protected wildlife populations being displaced by human growth.

What can you do?
You can (like I just did) become a Friend of the Forest Preserve:

http://www.fotfp.org

Help local Fox and Gray Squirrels:

http://www.projectsquirrel.org

Coyotes:

http://www.urbancoyoteresearch.com/

And even though wolves are rarely reported in Illinois:
This is a FREE cool game-

http://www.wolfquest.org

Forests of Cook County

http://www.fpdcc.com

Thanks for reading & feel free to upload a video response showing me what is in your forests.

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22 Responses to What’s In The Woods?

  1. crabsnyopants says:

    buull frog
    buull frog

  2. kekothegeko says:

    LMAO!! “Bull Frawg”
    LMAO!! “Bull Frawg”

  3. maddprofitz says:

    bullfrawg
    bullfrawg

  4. pima262 says:

    we have pretty much …
    we have pretty much the same kinds of animals in here in P.A. we also have coyotes, foxes, and bears. Around where I live, we have a big bear problem

  5. jdaemon27 says:

    pretty good :)
    pretty good :)

  6. MarvinsPets says:

    i have skunks …
    i have skunks racoons coyotes squirrals and foxes

  7. BlueInkInternational says:

    NICE WORK!
    NICE WORK!

  8. PantheraLeoTheGreat says:

    I had no idea how …
    I had no idea how truly interesting local wildlife could be. Nice video.

  9. obelix43 says:

    beautiful video
    beautiful video

  10. briczar22 says:

    Thank you and to …
    Thank you and to everyone watching! I do what i can to promote the great people out there working day after day to save our wildlfie and protect our land. By checking out the links i post in my videos’ descriptions you will find some true heroes.

  11. lcs49 says:

    lol read before you …
    lol read before you touch i remember that to lmao

  12. tuyir23coolio says:

    Dear briczar22

    Dear briczar22
    Loved it!

    If you subscribe to : savewithfun
    message me after and I will subscribe you!

    P.S. He is starting something awesome, I am just spreading the word!

    Also, if you rate + comment his vid, I will also rate, favorite, and comment on your vids~
    Thanks

  13. allaboutnature says:

    When i get inuf …
    When i get inuf money I want to buy lots of wild woods so that no can harm the wild forests.

  14. vickiormindyb says:

    My daughter lives …
    My daughter lives in a remote area in a house her dad helped her get.
    She saw a bob cat in her yard and took a picture of it for me. She knows I like cats. She still can’t forget the time a neighbor’s cat attacked her rabbit, so she can take or leave the species.
    She’s also seen deer, jack rabbits and a great number of squirrels.
    I only recently discovered that squirrels are in the rodent family.

  15. briczar22 says:

    Even with 3 acres, …
    Even with 3 acres, it is amazing how much wildlife that can attract.

  16. feistybrit says:

    I love your videos …
    I love your videos briczar22. I am a huge wildlife fan/advocate. We only have 3 acres of woodland, but I love watching the wildlife and every animal is made to feel welcome. We get rabbits, raccoons, oppossums, squirrels, deer, and millions of birds. Our cats love watching the wildlife too. We get raccoons up on our deck. Our home is our sanctuary and we absolutely love the wildlife.

  17. Load44s says:

    Great video, Brian! …
    Great video, Brian! It looks like at the end of the video you forgot to mention our alternate State Bird, the mosquito. Ha, ha. Well anywho, let’s get together soon and go drop a line somewhere.
    “Live long and prosper”

  18. arunah11 says:

    Can racoons be kept …
    Can racoons be kept as pets ?
    They’re so cute…

  19. Chilldogg says:

    we enjoy the deer, …
    we enjoy the deer, fox squirrels and raccoons that live around our house.

  20. NatureYumi says:

    Thats lucky! I have …
    Thats lucky! I have actually never seen a raccoon in the wild before.

  21. briczar22 says:

    Thanks, yeah those …
    Thanks, yeah those raccoons made my morning. I spent about 15 minutes watching them.

  22. NatureYumi says:

    Lol I like your …
    Lol I like your sense of humor.
    Those raccoons were cute.