Saturday in the suburbs

One of a pair of Saw-Whet Owls takes flight from its shelter of pine trees while on the monthly walk by the Kane County Audubon Society at Nelson Lake in Batavia. Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Seaman Darnzell Coles of North Carolina pulls Seaman Ligie Ayala of Puerto Rico on a round sled at Christine Thompson Park in Gurnee. George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

Volunteer blacksmith Michael Simmons demonstrates the art of coal-fired forge welding Saturday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago. Marcelle Bright | Staff Photographer