A photo of deer and sandhill cranes eating together, the first count of sandhills at Jasper-Pulaski FWA, a comment on Illgen Falls, and the ways of bowfin males are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
A note on falling acorns in northern Wisconsin, a green heron fledge beautifully photographed, a surprise of a monarch and hummingbird in the same photo, and the size of Wisconsin lake sturgeon are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
A velvet buck spotted while hunting mushrooms, a would-have-been Illinois record white sucker, a pending Illinois-record pink salmon, and a quote on white suckers statewide are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
A photo of a pair of beak-to-beak woodpeckers, a question on bluegill as bait in Illinois, a confirmed record smallmouth bass in New York, and reaction to the Supreme Court slashing EPA authority over carbon pollution are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.