Notes come from around Chicago and beyond.
LAST WORD
“Recent research has also shown that crows are also known to hold `funerals’ and `wakes.’ When an American Crow finds the dead body of another crow, it will call out to alert others in the area, who will gather and begin to make a ruckus themselves. Researchers think the behavior helps crow communities learn about potential threats . . . , so that they know which locations and predators to avoid in the future.”
“10 Fun Facts About The American Crow,” from audubon.org
WILD OF THE WEEK
FIELD NOTES
WILD OF THE WEEK
Bill Przybylski emailed, “Got this pic on one of my remote cell trail cams, western Illinois. It is coming out of a ditch approximately 2 1/2 feet deep. Concentrate on the tail.” Wildlife biologist Bob Massey messaged that it was a bobcat, “You can see speckling on body and white patches on backs of ears. Also the tail would be visible on a cougar using it for balance.”
WOTW, the celebration of wild stories and photos around Chicago outdoors, runs most weeks in the special two-page outdoors section in the Sun-Times Sports Saturday. To make submissions, email BowmanOutside@gmail.com or contact me on Facebook (Dale Bowman), Twitter (@BowmanOutside) or Instagram (@BowmanOutside).
WILD TIMES
DUCKS UNLIMITED
Friday, Nov. 5: Northeast Illinois banquet, Antioch VFW
ILLINOIS SEASONS
Friday, Nov.5: White-fronted geese, central zone, opens
Saturday, Nov. 6: Pheasant, quail, rabbit and partridge seasons open
DALE’S MAILBAG
“WAY better’n the original.” Todd Carlander emailed on The Petersens’ version of “I’m Gonna Miss Her”
A: I’m neither as good a critic as Jim DeRogatis nor as musically talented as Carlander, but I do find their version of Brad Paisley’s classic fishing song more enjoyable.
BIG NUMBER
60: Days of ice cover that Lake Superior has lost since 1857, according to a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, via cbc.ca/news/
