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Runners of all ages can raise money to benefit the Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans during the 11th annual Cantigny 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Nov. 1.
The race steps off at 9 a.m. at Cantigny Park, 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton.
Race proceeds ben...
Updated: Oct 29, 2014 at 10:07 AM
It's been a strange year in my backyard. A few months ago I told you about the peanut-eating robin. That was just weird.
Also notable, in a different kind of way, was the general absence of house wrens. Our wooden nest box went unused for the first...
Updated: Oct 20, 2014 at 09:06 PM
An email arriving in my birding mailbox last month had a certain air about it. The subject line read, “A Few Highlights from the Calumet Sewage Ponds.”
Is this a great hobby or what? No really, it is, and I can prove it.
That was among my goals when...
Updated: Oct 01, 2014 at 07:00 AM
Netflix is back in my favor.
I searched for and finally found a movie I'd been wanting to see: "Birders: The Central Park Effect."
Legendary birding tour guide Victor Emanuel called it "the best film about birding that I have ever seen."
I could wr...
Updated: Aug 25, 2014 at 09:43 AM
This weekend in Cantigny Park, Jill Gibson will wear the signature blue blouse, yellow hat and charming demeanor of beloved children's book character Madeline.
"It's funny to see some of the children really thinking I'm her," said Gibson, the park'...
Updated: Aug 09, 2014 at 09:21 PM
Like most birders, I am a collector. My prized collection is a list of bird species I've seen during my 55 years on earth. But I also collect places, and it was a pleasure recently to add another national wildlife refuge to my inventory of good bird...
Updated: Jul 28, 2014 at 12:05 PM
Cantigny Park will play host to its sixth annual Dog Days festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton.
It's the one day each year when guests and their pets are invited to enjoy the park together.
First held in...
Updated: Jul 28, 2014 at 10:36 AM
Cantigny Park will celebrate the birthday of its benefactor, Col. Robert R. McCormick, with activities and demonstrations for all ages from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, at 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton.
McCormick, former editor and p...
Updated: Jul 18, 2014 at 02:14 PM
Cantigny Park is planning a series of concerts and theater events this summer on the grounds outside the First Division Museum at 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton.
Tickets for all events may be purchased at www.cantigny.org, or (630) 260-8162 or at the ...
Updated: Jun 25, 2014 at 10:48 AM
Whistling ducks in Illinois?
Believe it.
Like most birders, I was out and about often during May, enjoying the prime of spring migration. It's the best month, and always full of surprises.
A black-throated gray warbler popped up in Elgin and a ...
Updated: Jun 05, 2014 at 01:33 PM