Patty Wetli | January 8, 2021 12:04 pm
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Most migratory birds high-tail it out of Illinois during winter, but that’s when bald eagles opt to move in. According to state officials, more bald eagles over-winter here than anywhere outside of Alaska.
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Some 3,000 of the raptors will spend the season hanging out along the state’s waterways, with January and February being the prime time to catch a glimpse of these majestic birds. Though a number of events have been canceled due to the pandemic, including the Illinois Audubon Society’s Bald Eagle Watch Weekend, the birds are still out there, and there are plenty of places in the Chicago region where the eagles can be seen.
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Oglesby, IL -(Mattoon Radio)- If you’d like to get outside and explore, Starved Rock State Park is offering Winter Wildness Weekend January 9
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Guided tours are available to the park’s canyons, icefalls and bald eagles from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day. Also scheduled for January is Eagle Watch Weekend on the 23
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Some evergreens planted in Illinois are native; others are not. Many like those at Lyons Woods in Waukegan were planted long ago as part of an evergreen tree nursery.
THREE OAKS â The final scene of âPrancerâ shows the magical reindeer joining the team pulling Santaâs sleigh through the sky, followed by an aerial view of a village that looks a lot like Three Oaks.
Much of John Hancockâs 1989 Christmas tale (which starred Sam Elliott, Chloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda and Rebecca Harrell) was filmed in Three Oaks and the nearby New Carlisle area.
But the community that Prancer and all of the other reindeer fly over before the end credits begin to roll was a model that still exists â in Three Oaks.
Region Of Three Oaks Museum Board members Nick Bogert and Randy Miller have been restoring the main three sections of the Prancer scale-model version of Three Oaks on the third floor of the Three Oaks Township Library building where it has been in storage for quite a few years. It depicts the main drag of the village basically as it was in the 1980s, with plenty of retro touches like older cars and a Christmas tree lot as seen