Here are the notes from round Chicago open air.
WILD OF THE WEEK
Dave Derk photographed a surprising collection of photographs final month on a fishing journey to northern Wisconsin. “We had been the one boat on the lake and the resident eagles actually adopted us round hoping for a fish handout,’’ Derk emailed. WOTW, the celebration of untamed tales and photographs round Chicago open air, runs most weeks within the particular two-page open air part within the Sun-Times Sports Saturday. Send nominations to @BowmanOutdoors on Twitter or Instagram, to Dale Bowman on Facebook or electronic mail BowmanOutdoors@gmail.com.
WILD TIMES
DUCKS UNLIMITED
Wednesday, Nov. 6: Northeast Illinois dinner, Midlane Country Club, Wadsworth. Contact Don Kellum, (847) 308 -6651, or Ryan Miles, (847) 682-4944
ICF FUNDRAISER
Nov. 25-26: Director’s Hunt, Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area, ilcf.org/portal/upcoming-events-online-registration
SHOWTIME
Next Sunday, Nov. 11: The Early Show, Chicago space’s solely fly-fishing present, offered by ISA and DRiFT, Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oakbrook, dupageforest.org/information/news-releases/early-show-2019
ILLINOIS PERMITS/SEASONS
Today, Nov. 3: Final day, first Canada goose season, central zone
Saturday, Nov. 9: South-central zone duck and Canada goose seasons start
DALE’S MAILBAG
“What is flawed with our species? We drop our rubbish with none regard to the place or what. I stroll within the [Bartel Grassland] most each morning and see stuff dropped simply wherever. This final week somebody will need to have cleaned out their freezer: a bag of frozen meat, huge flats and nonetheless within the plastic as had been the frozen pizzas. Maybe 100 {dollars} value. . . . I dragged it into the weeds and minimize the plastic off. At least the coyotes obtained an excellent meal out of it.’’ Georgiana
A: I don’t have a solution for that key query: `What is flawed with our species?’’
BIG NUMBER
Wisconsin DNR Natural Heritage Conservation biologists discovered a document variety of black-necked stilts in Wisconsin in 2019.Sumner Matteson
31: Historic variety of black-necked stilts, historically a extra southern nester, nesting in Wisconsin.
LAST WORD
“Biggest mortality for pheasant chicks is getting separated from mom, it’s not predators. Once they make it to flying, they make it to searching season.’’
Wade Louis, Habitat Team Program supervisor for Illinois DNR.