Posts Tagged ‘Lincoln Park’

Saving birds

My wife seems to have a knack for saving hurt birds. She just took one down to the Nature Museum in Lincoln Park last week (they take care of injured birds there), and earlier this evening we happened upon a baby bird that had fallen out of his nest while we were strolling around Winnetka. My wife called the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, and while she was on the phone this little guy (who had been making eye contact with both of us the way that only a baby animal will do) jumped out into t


Overheard in D.C.: Seriously?

Photo by IntangibleArts There's a lot of dumb people out there -- you don't need me to tell you that. D.C. has a lot of smarties, but we can't all be people with big brains. Sometimes, however, you wonder if people think about what they're saying. Overheard of the Week At a crosswalk near Lincoln Park: An ambulance passes by, lights and sirens going. Two women in their mid-20s are talking. Woman 1: "Wow, do the sirens really have to be so loud?" Woman 2: "Yeah, you think t


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