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Last September, during a solo bird walk on my lunch hour, I spotted a wood thrush. It was the first one I'd seen in six years of birding at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. I felt incredibly lucky.
There was a time when no luck was needed to see or at leas...
Updated: Jan 12, 2015 at 01:05 AM
A Christmas tree decorated by Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana and displayed throughout the holiday season at the Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton received the most votes in public balloting,...
Updated: Jan 08, 2015 at 01:25 PM
Cantigny Park visitors have chosen the top three prize winners in the Cantigny in Focus amateur photo contest.
The winners are:
• First place: Scott Seifrid of St. Charles for his photographic capture of a ruby-throated hummingbird feeding in the C...
Updated: Dec 29, 2014 at 07:56 AM
With the Christmas Bird Count still to come, another rare sighting or two is possible before New Year's Day. But some things can't wait, so here's my collection of news and notes from the 2014 birding year. I can assure you, there was no shortage of...
Updated: Dec 17, 2014 at 12:01 PM
It was a day to see red.
Lots and lots of red.
Roughly 350 visitors got the chance to visit the Cantigny Park greenhouse Tuesday to check out the Wheaton facility's one-day-only Shades of Crimson poinsettia display.
Cantigny officials said there wer...
Updated: Dec 02, 2014 at 05:02 PM
Happiness is ...
Steel Beam Theatre presents a revival of the charming, family musical, “You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” about a day in the life of an Everyman, inspired by Charles M. Shulz's “Peanuts” comic strip. Steel Beam founder and art...
Updated: Nov 15, 2014 at 07:28 AM
Every now and then I need an RTP fix, as in Roger Tory Peterson. The father of modern American birdwatching died in 1996, but his influence on the hobby remains strong.
Like many birders, I still turn occasionally to the Peterson guide to eastern b...
Updated: Nov 14, 2014 at 10:13 AM
Seven "Community Trees," each decorated for Christmas by a local nonprofit organization, will go on display Tuesday, Nov. 25, at the Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton.
The area charities were invited to participate because the...
Updated: Nov 13, 2014 at 12:24 PM
Cantigny Park, part of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, announced the appointment of Magan Ascher as director of visitor services. The appointment was effective Nov. 3.
Ascher oversees the coordination and planning of park events including conce...
Updated: Nov 07, 2014 at 08:22 AM
Christopher Zielinski captured first place at the Cantigny 5K with a time of 16:59.37. The 39-year-old from Plainfield averaged 5:29 minutes per mile.
The Cantigny 5K, run on Nov. 1, celebrated its 11th anniversary with a full field of 1,000 runners...
Updated: Nov 07, 2014 at 11:44 AM