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Larry Bird always liked his affairs to be private and did not enjoy the limelight outside of the hardwood. However, that didn't mean that the Boston Celtics legend hated being approached by his fans.

Three or four times a year, Chris Anderson takes off on a multi-day road trip around the Western United States. He drives from sunup to sundown to scour farms, vineyards, and forests for the tiny, ...

A bank's bid to have bird netting on its roof has been thrown out after people dubbed the plans "an atrocious act of wildlife destruction". Bosses for Barclays' on Red Lion Street, hoped the netting ...

His job renting kayaks to paddlers on the Chicago River got Cass Cwik into birdwatching. He’d see great blue, green and black-crowned night herons, cormorants and “a lot of interesting birds you don’t ...

It's hard to think of a game in which Larry Bird did not play at a high level during his NBA career. However, it's also hard to believe that, as great a player as he was, he didn't really think of ...

A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home.Word of the two owls has ...

Daniel “Danny” Morley Seagren — the Jim Henson–trained puppeteer who brought Spider-Man to life on The Electric Company and stepped into the Big Bird suit for early Sesame Street appearances — has ...

A pair of snowy owls, the latest celebrity visitors to the beach and pier near Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, have drawn hundreds for a glimpse at the Arctic birds of prey. Several dozen birdwatchers ...

Over the weekend, hundreds of curious Chicagoans ventured to Lake Michigan beachfronts to witness a birding marvel: the early arrival of snowy owls. Two snowy owls have been spotted at Montrose Point ...