Outdoors
Photographer David Zurick’s ‘Third Coast’ celebrates the Great Lakes’ 4,500-mile shoreline, which covers more distance than the country’s Atlantic and Pacific Coasts combined.
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.
On Friday, three of Searocket and Imani’s eggs hatched, two before 6 a.m and another midmorning, according to Tamima Itani, lead plover monitor at Montrose Beach.
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.
A llama, an alpaca and a passel of sheep are grazing, prescribed grazing, as a better way to manage invasive and exotic plants in a pilot program at Chain O’Lakes State Park.
A wild turkey “making the rounds” in Palos Heights, noting its time for cottonwood fluff, a PB flathead catfish for Fish of the Week and a Wolf Lake family event next Saturday are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Windsor won the state championship in bass fishing Saturday on Lake Shelbyville, but the other trophies went to Chicago area boats. St. Charles North took second on a tiebreaker and Sandburg third.
Despite a two-hour, five-minute delay for dense morning fog, Lake Shelbyville looked strong in its first time hosting the Illinois High School Association’s state finals for bass fishing. St. Charles North in fourth and Sandburg in fifth were both less than a pound off the lead.
For once, all forces converged for the greatest morning of fishing smallmouth bass on May 29 on the Chicago lakefront. Frankly, it was my greatest morning of fishing, period.
The chicks, nesting at the University of Illinois Chicago campus, died May 28. The university has hosted peregrines for more than 25 years, providing a sanctuary for the once-endangered species. Ornithologists at the Field Museum are looking into the cause of death.
Reavis makes its first state finals for bass fishing, Friday and Saturday on Lake Shelbyville, in coach Tony del Alcazar’s final season.
Two different views of scarlet tanagers, one of the more dramatically colored birds of the Chicago area, and a big flathead catfish for the start of the Sunday Fish of the Week lead the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
A deadly practice row by a women’s crew team on the North Branch on May 14 through Canada geese left dead goslings in its wake, illustrating the conflict that has arisen between humans and Canada geese since the increase in giant Canada geese populations, especially in urban and suburban areas.
A Reddit user captured video of a snapping turtle Saturday near Chonkosaurus’ chomping grounds around Goose Island.
Though most avoided the frigid lake, visitors kick off Memorial Day weekend on Saturday by sunbathing, playing in the sand and biking at North Avenue and 31st Street beaches. The city’s 22 beaches will remain open seven days a week through Labor Day.