Images: Suburban habitats: Readers' photos of local wildlife
Check out our Daily Herald Suburban Wildlife page on Facebook. There, you will find what many people have asked us about: A place to share your neighborhood coyote sightings and other related snapshots.
Cardinal in the Gold Coast subdivision in Elgin.
Photo courtesy of Mark Devino
Fun with a small mailbox and squirrel in the yard.
Photo courtesy of Lisa Flanagan
An owl sighting in Fermilab in Batavia.
Photo courtesy of Brent Kisser
Geese dot the landscape during a sunset in DuPage County.
Photo courtesy of Gordon Garcia
The Wagner Fen Forest Preserve in Tower Lakes.
Photo courtesy of Sherry Johnson Lajiness
A young opossum seen at Fermilab in Batavia.
Photo courtesy of Dave Soderstrom
Turkeys seen along Shaffner Road in Wheaton.
Photo courtesy of Lori Martens Anderson
A muskrat in Mount Saint Mary Park in St. Charles.
Photo courtesy of Caroline Hill Cayton
A pair of Eastern gray squirrels in Plainfield.
Photo courtesy of David Kacynski
Birds taking a cold bath in the suburbs.
Photo courtesy of George LeClaire
A young Cooper's Hawk in Kane County.
Photo courtesy of Andrew Zydell