B Fagan photographing and watching hummingbird on flowers on a Chicago balcony and notes on a lot of fish gatherings in the coming week are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Turkey poults at Starved Rock State Park, remembering the joy of wading the Fox River with a sleeping daughter and the world record alligator gar are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Reports of early periodical cicadas, including an understatement on them, a mailbag item about sightings of hummingbirds and orioles, and the standing world-record bowfin are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
A grape-eating robin in Chicago, a double-bearded tom turkey spotted, and Sylvia Plath’s “Mushrooms” are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.