Highland Park/Highwood, IL–This week’s birdapalooza continues, with red-headed woodpeckers hammering at trees, and hawks swooping and cartwheeling through the air. Makes me want to sing “Free Bird“. The only glitch is that it’s also time for controlled burns in Openlands Lakeshore Preserve and in the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve. Is it really my allergies kicking [...]
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Birds at Ft. Sheridan. Photo by Laurie Borman Highwood/Highland Park, IL–Bring your binoculars! The birds are back at Ft. Sheridan Forest Preseve in Lake County, IL. Now is the time to see many species. The warm weather brings out red-winged blackbirds, sparrows, robins, crows, of course. But bare trees mean you can also easily see the red-headed [...] Lake Michigan ice ledge melts. Photo by Laurie Borman Highwood, IL–Birds sing, snowmelt rushes in the drainage canals. Ah, the signs of spring. At Lake Michigan’s edge, the huge ledge of ice slowly melts. It’s a wonderful time to check out Openlands Lakeshore Preserve in Ft. Sheridan. Colorful rocks litter the beach, exposed from the [...] Ft. Sheridan Forest Preserve path in winter. Photo by Laurie Borman Trees raise their limbs to the sky. Photo by Laurie Borman Highland Park/Highwood, IL–Fresh snow covers the paths of Ft. Sheridan Nature Preserve in Lake County. Only a few birds pierce the silence. This is the time to trod in snowshoes, down the path to [...] Lake Michigan shore in winter. Photo by Laurie Borman Highwood, IL– Snowshoeing along Openlands Lakefront Preserve sounds challenging, but the plowed road makes it almost too easy. It’s like walking in an Ansel Adams photo–everything all black and white, and there is the challenge. I’m no Ansel Adams. The beach is no longer a gradual sandy [...] Highwood, IL–The rain washed away most of the colorful leaves this week. However, there’s new things to see in the Fort now that the trees are bare. Check out wasp’s and squirrel’s nests in the trees, see unusual rocks nestled into beach driftwood, check out the moody sky over Lake Michigan. Ft. Sheridan, IL–Fall is at its peak in Ft. Sheridan. Fall color peaks this week in northern Illinois. Check out scenes of families and photographers enjoying the forest preserves and changing leaves. Highwood, IL-
Highwood, IL–The Last Call Art Fair winds up its last day on Sunday, October 18, and the sunny skies will make it a beautiful day for browsing. Sip hot cider, munch on pizza, and wander through more than 100 booths on Sheridan Rd. in downtown Highwood. Kids can create their own art or decorate pumpkins, [...] Jack in the Pulpit. Photo by Laurie D. Borman Highwood, IL–Some folks get all the luck. Two preserves now bookend the Town of Ft. Sheridan. At the north is the Ft. Sheridan Forest Preserve, managed by Lake County. At the south is Openlands Lakeshore Preserve. While there is still a way [...] |
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