July 31, 2026
The Limits and Damage of Rat Poison
Chicago's watchdog agency just released a report detailing the failures of the city's rat-control efforts-- beginning with the over-reliance on…
Everybody thinks of those head-bobbing coots in the Celery Farm as docile to the point of dopey.
But as my friend Kevin Watson wrote recently to the Fyke list-serve, he saw "some unsavory characters" near the Warden’s Watch who turned out to be … you know who[m].
http://kevinwatsonphoto.com/v
What’s more, my other friend Jerry Barrack caught this wild coot/gull action at the CF recently.
Dopey? Docile? No way.
Thanks, guys.
Great action shots! From those shots it seem like the Gull was the agressor and that poor old Coot was just trying to defend himself.
Vern
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Vern
Great action shots! From those shots it seem like the Gull was the agressor and that poor old Coot was just trying to defend himself.
Vern