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A question on seeds of invasive plants surviving in poop by grazing animals, the Blackhawks’ Alex Vlasic catching a king, a suburban coyote doing a yoga pose and velvet bucks in Tinley Park are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Ed Stein came to fishing later in life, but then he turned fly-fishing into a globe-trotting adventure.
The Shedd Aquarium’s Karen Murchie expects her research into longnose suckers to expand knowledge on a prime prey fish and maybe answer the question of why longnose suckers don’t migrate the same in Illinois’ Lake and Cook counties as in Wisconsin.
A largemouth bass trying to engulf a northern pike, a suburban velvet buck, the surprise of a Grant Park red-tailed hawk and the wonder of a tiny spider’s work are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Jim Shell thought he could figure out how to target burbot on the reefs of the Illinois waters of Lake Michigan. And he did.
A poem on raspberries, a Paul Vriend photo of an indigo bunting at Rosehill Cemetery, a velvet buck near the Fox River, a muskie from the Des Plaines River and an FPD of Will County purchase are among the notes around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
With Lake Shelbyville hosting the Illinois High School Association’s state finals for bass fishing in early June, it was an opportunity to examine the fishing and other activities the Army Corps of Engineers reservoir offers.
“Jumbo Jimmy” Baczek living up to his name, Capt. Jason Baldwin winning the Zilian Tournament with five species of salmon and trout and mulberries ripening are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Chicago-based filmmaker Tim Whalen crossed ballet with conservation in the short film “Mates for Life: Whooping Crane,” which had its premiere Tuesday at Facets in Chicago.
Big crappie caught from the Chicago River and Montrose Harbor share Fish of the Week honors and a mailbag note on deer roaming Beverly are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.