This Week in Birding
Bob Dolgan, Bill Davison, Isoo O'Brien, Kelly Ball, EmilyEverything you need to know about birds.
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“It’s really a slow magic”
Tamarack boughs earlier this month in northern Illinois, near Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge.
The area northwest of Chicago is a special place. Many waves of glaciation raked over the area for eons. As land and water receded and accre...
Pointing up: Plovers return to Wisconsin site
Male (front) is a 2025 hatch from Fisherman’s Island in Michigan while the 2025 Female is a captive reared from the Apostle Islands (Long Island). Photo: Mikayla Erickson (used with permission of St. Louis River Alliance).
Wisconsin Point...
A golf course “sanctuary,” plus TWiB Notes
Photo by mk. s on Unsplash
When I’m not watching baseball, running, or tent camping, I’m on a golf course.
Today’s round is at a corporate track in the suburbs. It’s not even noon and the smell of cigar smoke permeates a late summer day....
Blanding’s Turtle: a conservation success story
State-endangered Blanding’s Turtles are up against a lot, living in the Chicago suburbs, with their tangle of roads, housing developments, and industry. Unlike most turtles, female Blanding’s make long-distance nesting forays—up to 3 miles!...
A conversation with...Joel Greenberg
Joel Greenberg is a lifelong naturalist and noted author who’s written or co-written four books. His Natural History of the Chicago Region (2002) is a must-read for anyone into Midwest ecosystems, and A Feathered River Across the Sky: The P...
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I make documentaries about birds and write a weekly Substack. Based in Chicago.
I’m a writer, wildlife photographer, biologist, farmer, and agroforester, on a joyful journey to share my love of nature with others.
Isoo O'Brien is an Evanston native and student at Kenyon College. An avid birder since age 9, Isoo leads field trips for local organizations and currently holds Cook County's big year record at 288 species.
An Ohio native, Kelly Ball is a freelance writer based in Cape May, NJ.
Emily is a nature, sustainability, and climate change writer.
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