Help the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County provide healthy habitats for native plants and animals and inspiring places for visitors by participating in "A Night for Nature" on Thursday, Sept. 14, at St. James Farm in Warrenville.
Hotshot birders call them megas, as in mega-rarity the once-in-a-lifetime events that send dedicated watchers racing for their binoculars. What are your chances, say, of spotting a painted redstart in Illinois? Almost zero.
A Chicago birder s short documentary, "The Magic Stump," shows how a solitary tree stump in a farm field 50 miles south of Champaign attracts a variety of wintering raptors.