Outdoors
A question on where frogs go in winter and a Catherine Chevalier Woods buck are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Giving a tour and review of the opening days at the Chicago Boat Show (Wednesday) and the Tinley Park Fishing, Travel & Outdoor Expo (Friday).
The Chicago Boat Show, which runs through Sunday, seems to be settling into its new home at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
Polka-dotted window film was applied to windows at McCormick Place last summer ahead of the fall migration. The drop in collisions is a victory for the birds, bird advocates and the building and a model that other glass-walled Chicago buildings could emulate.
Two of the biggest outdoors show around Chicago are this week — the Chicago Boat Show and the Tinley Park Fishing, Travel and Outdoor Expo — as well as the Chicago RV Show.
Frank Chesniak found woolly bear caterpillars in his woodpile on Sunday and wondered whether dead or alive. That led down a labyrinth to finding out.
The increase in cases in the state comes as a Louisiana man with underlying health conditions died from the disease on Monday. Experts say those who come into contact with wild birds or other animals like cattle should take precautions.
Ice is rebuilding quickly around the area and perch continue to be the focus on the lakefront for this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
Jeff Getz found in the opening days of January a surprising number of bucks dropping their antlers. So think of this as sort of a Shed of the Week.
Robert Loerzel captured a doozy of a set of photos of a red-breasted merganser catching a yellow perch at Montrose Harbor.
First Day Hikes should count on the second day of the new year, too, at least I count them. Here’s to hiking three sites in three counties over the first two days of the year.
Cool photo of the eagle on the North Side and a question on releasing a pet turtle into the wilds are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Let’s Go Fishing Show, as usual, kicks off outdoors show season Downstate, then next week comes two big Chicago-area shows.
I finally feel as though I experienced an epiphany when it comes to appreciating prairies, and it came while deer hunting at Goose Lake Prairie.
Perch and lake trout action continues on ice-free Lake Michigan while ice fishing should rebuild across at least northern areas for this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
RJ “Ron” Thomas had an early find of shed antlers and starts the earliest Shed of Week.
Kyle Kirchner caught a really big walleye after a day of fishing perch and lake trout on southern Lake Michigan to earn Fish of the Week honors.
Considering saving Briar East Woods is a journey in understanding the value of urban wild spaces.
A roving American kestrel on the North Side is among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Gemini Giant, one of the Muffler Men, is at his new home in Wilmington.