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…
I’m back, just in time for one of my favorite times of year at the Celery Farm, when thousands of starlings, grackles and red-winged blackbirds congregate at dusk, then fly off en masse the following dawn.
In the photo above, all those specks are birds.
What follows are a shot of a perched bird at dusk, birds whizzing past the moon, and the moon itself.
Be sure to make it to the Celery Farm at dawn real soon. Maybe I’ll see you there.