Jeff Reiter
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Woodworking club demonstrates its artistry in Cantigny showApr 22, 2015 11:00 pm - Artistry in Wood, a woodcarving exhibition and sale by North Suburban Carvers this weekend at Cantigny Park, features carvings, turnings, wood burning art and more. The ...
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New 'Upstairs, Downstairs' Cantigny tour shows how the servants livedApr 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Visitors to the Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny Park can learn how the help lived during a new "Upstairs, Downstairs: The Servants Tour" that starts in May. The g...
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Birders should stop 'trash' talkingMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Fellow birders, we need to clean up our act. The trash talking must stop. As in most hobbies that people are passionate about, the birding culture is full of catchphrase...
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Sometimes birding is about the chaseFeb 13, 2015 12:01 am - I chased a gull and I liked it. But not just any gull. A history-making gull. The kind of bird most of us never see if we live to be 100, or even have the chance to see....
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Chicago Harp Quartet to perform Feb. 15 at CantignyJan 26, 2015 10:00 pm - Chicago Harp Quartet, performing next month at Cantigny Park, will share traditional chamber music as well as new works. The quartet performs at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15,...
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Early intervention can help protect birds with declining populationsJan 12, 2015 12:01 am - 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 f...
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Ronald McDonald House holiday tree named winner at CantignyJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - 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...
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Cantigny announces photo contest winnersDec 28, 2014 10:00 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. Char...
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2014's top moments in suburban birdingDec 16, 2014 10:00 pm - 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 ...
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Early Peterson field guides still useful, inspiring to birdersNov 14, 2014 12:01 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. ...