Notes come from throughout Chicago outside.
DALE’S MAILBAG
“I found a couple of cicadas shedding their exoskeleton. The finished-product-next-to-the-shell photo is courtesy of my daughter Amy March.” Mary March
A: First off, I really like Amy March’s photograph. The making a song of dog-day (annual) cicadas has been noticeable the previous few weeks, however I’ve but see to any cicada killer wasps emerge from our neighbor’s gravel power this summer season.
BUCK OF THE WEEK: UNPLUGGED
Tom Lally messaged, “I think you’ll appreciate this beast my daughter and I saw at [Maryhill Cemetery in Niles].” Lally concept accurately concerning the dollar pictured underneath.
BOTW Unplugged, the party of are living giant greenbacks round Chicago outside, runs as apt within the particular two-page outside segment within the Sun-Times Sports Saturday. Submit nominations via message on Facebook (Dale Bowman), on Twitter (@BowmanOut of doors) and Instagram (@BowmanOut of doors) or e-mail (BowmanOut of doors@gmail.com).
A large dollar in Niles.Provided
WILD TIMES
HUNTER SAFETY
Aug. 27 and 29: Mundelein, (847) 918-6145
Sept. 19-20: Kankakee, (815) 935-2700
ILLINOIS PERMITS/SEASONS
Today, Aug. 16 to Aug. 31: Application length on-line for first lottery for public duck/goose lets in, https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/hunting/waterfowl/Pages/OnlinePermitApplication.aspx
Through lately, Aug. 16: First-come, first-served loose dove allow programs, pass to https://dnr2.illinois.gov/OnLineHuntingApplication/Dove/DoveAppFCFS.aspx
Friday, Aug.. 21: Final day, programs for 3rd lottery, firearm/muzzleloader deer, https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/LPR/Pages/DeerPermitsFees.aspx
Through Aug. 31: Free upland sport lets in, utility length, pass to https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/hunting/uplandgame/Pages/OnlinePermitApplication.aspx
BIG NUMBER
More than 2,000: Lakes and rivers in Minnesota that comprise wild rice. Harvesting season began Saturday (non-residents should acquire a one-day license). Click right here for more info.
LAST WORD
“Like the clear crisp notes of the wood thrush, today’s court decision cuts through all the noise and confusion to unequivocally uphold the most effective bird conservation law on the books—the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.”
Sarah Greenberger, Interim leader conservation officer for the National Audubon Society, Tuesday, on United States District Court Judge Valerie Caproni’s felony opinion that the Trump management’s rollback of the MBTA is “contrary to the plain meaning of the MBTA.”