All are welcome to come and shop over 18,000 hard-to-find plants from 225 species native to the Barrington area at Citizens for
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Can there be a sweeter or more convincing herald of spring than the song sparrow? Certainly the bugling cries of sandhill cranes
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January through April are prime months for ducks in the greater Chicago area and Barrington is no exception. Their location depends largely
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Several recent appearances of an uncommon visitor to the Barrington area prompt me to add it to the growing assemblage of Barrington
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A bird that I’ve come to associate with early spring is the blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) , a woodland sprite that returns
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The early birds have been singing again and that can only mean one thing. It’s about time for the return of Wendy
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Twice during the first week in October I received messages and photos from friends about little birds they had spotted in the
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On a recent bird walk at Beverly Lake in Spring Creek Forest Preserve, our group stood for several minutes in the parking
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This time of year I eagerly await the arrival of local nesting birds which have wintered elsewhere. One such returnee, a short-distance
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Spring has sprung and it’s time to explore nature and discover wildlife with naturalist Wendy Paulson during her series of spring bird
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Even with this relatively mild winter, local ponds and lakes have retained ice cover during January and February. But as March brings
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For many people in northern temperate zones, the primary place they watch birds in winter is at feeders outside their homes. The
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Should you be out at dusk these brisk December days, especially near a woodland, you might well hear the hu-hu-hu-WHO! WHO! of
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October brings to local ponds, lakes, and rivers large numbers of waterfowl, most of which have bred in northern wetlands and are
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A bird you might miss in the Barrington area unless you know something of its habits and movements is the common nighthawk
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