Jeff Reiter
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Bird watching paradise? Sometimes your own yardNov 15, 2015 10:00 pm - My yard, and probably yours too, is a fine place to watch birds. It doesn't matter that it's surrounded by other houses, or that a park, pond or woods is nowhere in sig...
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Cantigny announces its 5K winnersNov 15, 2015 10:00 pm - For the second straight year, Chris Zielinski captured first place at the Cantigny 5K Run/Walk. With a chip time of 17 minutes, 27 seconds (17:26.59), the 40-year-old fr...
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Cantigny's Community Trees honor philanthropic legacyNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - Seven Community Trees, each decorated for Christmas by a different local nonprofit organization, go on display this month at the Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny P...
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Cantigny 5K races to help homeless veteransOct 19, 2015 11:00 pm - Cantigny Park invites runners and walkers of all ages to enter the 12th annual Cantigny 5K Run/Walk to help the Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans in Wheaton. Held an...
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Backyard bird feeding is a seedy obsessionOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - Last month on the train returning to Glen Ellyn from Chicago, I might have been the only passenger reading a book and not fiddling with a smartphone. And I'm 99 percent...
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Cantigny to host Revolutionary War encampmentSep 02, 2015 11:00 pm - More than 400 actors will provide a living history lesson about the Revolutionary War this weekend at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. The free and historically accurate spec...
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Birding can be what you make itSep 02, 2015 11:00 pm - I never really expect too much on an early August bird walk. Fall migration hasn't quite arrived. The birding can be a little slow. But I'm rethinking that after a walk...
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Exploring the secret lives of barn swallowsAug 10, 2015 1:00 am - I attended the annual "Purple Martins 101" program in July at Cantigny Golf in Wheaton, conducted by Ray Feld, a devoted Cantigny volunteer. Feld monitors and maintains ...
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Cantigny to host Meteor Shower PartyAug 05, 2015 11:00 pm - Cantigny Park will host an out-of-this-world experience in partnership with Chicago's Adler Planetarium when the Perseid Meteor Shower Star Party is held from 6 to 11 p....
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Cantigny celebrates French Connection DayJul 27, 2015 11:00 pm - From wine tasting to can-can dancers, area residents can enjoy the culture of France at Cantigny Park's French Connection Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, at 1...