Thursday, May 6, 2021

Celebrity Watch: Monty and Rose Return to Chicago

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Rose (left) and Monty, 24 July 2019. Photo copyright 2021 by Susan Szeszol. All rights reserved. On 25 April 2021, a female Piping Plover wh...

Gee Whiz: A Sad Loss

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I'm not sure which individuals this crane pair is, but they were photographed at the International Crane Foundation in 2007. In 1967, a ...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Chickadee Update

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Every month I provide a Zoom program for supporters of my podcast and blog. On May 1, I had a 15-minute “pre-game show” to bring people up t...

Evening Grosbeaks!

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  When Russ moved into our house on Peabody Street in July 1981, even as we were carrying the first boxes into the house, I started my yard ...
Monday, May 3, 2021

The Miracles of May

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Of all the months of the year, May is my favorite. From start to finish, May is filled with newness—baby birds of many non-migrating species...
Friday, April 30, 2021

Saw-whet Owls and Chickadees

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Last Tuesday afternoon, a great guy named Tom sent me an email letting me know that he had a saw-whet owl in his yard. The bird had been the...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Chickadees and Trust

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The chickadee nest in my dead cherry tree is in a high-traffic area, right next to our fence along on a dead end that leads to a path where ...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Evening Grosbeaks of a Sunday Morning

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Sunday morning, April 25, 2021, when I was working at my desk, a bit of movement out the window caught my eye and whoa! There were two Eveni...