Pinned
Bob Dolgan
@twibchicago.com
· Apr 21
Thanks very much @neilsteinberg.bsky.social for featuring our birding outing in his column today. Getting out to some of the lesser-known mudflats in the Chicago suburbs was a ton of fun! What can you do in these times? Go birding. 🪶
Me with Ben Hecht’s Oscar last week @newberrylibrary.bsky.social. He won it as screenwriter for 1927’s Underworld. Yes, he used it as a doorstop. #filmsky
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Me with Ben Hecht’s Oscar last week @newberrylibrary.bsky.social. He won it as screenwriter for 1927’s Underworld. Yes, he used it as a doorstop. #filmsky
“It was a national tragedy and one that bound the Great Lakes together. The ship was funded by a company from Wisconsin, built in Michigan, laden with taconite from Minnesota, and staffed by a crew from Ohio. The troubadour who told its story was from Ontario.” www.twibchicago.com/p/in-the-roo...
'In the rooms of her ice-water mansion'
The Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot, and the Great Lakes.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“It was a national tragedy and one that bound the Great Lakes together. The ship was funded by a company from Wisconsin, built in Michigan, laden with taconite from Minnesota, and staffed by a crew from Ohio. The troubadour who told its story was from Ontario.” www.twibchicago.com/p/in-the-roo...
Who doesn’t want to curl up for a nap on a gloomy fall day? 🌱 🪴
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Who doesn’t want to curl up for a nap on a gloomy fall day? 🌱 🪴
Always be birding and you might see something new! These House Sparrows were rummaging and scratching through some leaves just like a White-throated Sparrow might do. Not sure what they were finding - worms? seeds? - but it must have been delicious. On a very urban corner here in town. 🦉
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Always be birding and you might see something new! These House Sparrows were rummaging and scratching through some leaves just like a White-throated Sparrow might do. Not sure what they were finding - worms? seeds? - but it must have been delicious. On a very urban corner here in town. 🦉
Asters still in bloom at Montrose Beach Dunes, Chicago, last week. 🌱 🪴
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Asters still in bloom at Montrose Beach Dunes, Chicago, last week. 🌱 🪴
A long time before Monty and Rose, Chicago had a very different connection with plovers. Introducing Plover Joe. www.twibchicago.com/p/plover-joe
Plover Joe
“He may be Italian or Corsican, but he’s a Napoleon in his art.”
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November 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A long time before Monty and Rose, Chicago had a very different connection with plovers. Introducing Plover Joe. www.twibchicago.com/p/plover-joe
I believe this was Odell, IL, and you can hear I-55 in the background.
Throwback to a very foggy day on Halloween three years ago. I was passing through a small town and there was a merry go round spinning and spinning and no one in sight. 😱
October 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I believe this was Odell, IL, and you can hear I-55 in the background.
Throwback to a very foggy day on Halloween three years ago. I was passing through a small town and there was a merry go round spinning and spinning and no one in sight. 😱
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Throwback to a very foggy day on Halloween three years ago. I was passing through a small town and there was a merry go round spinning and spinning and no one in sight. 😱
Spotted cucumber beetle. 🪲 🪴 🌱
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Spotted cucumber beetle. 🪲 🪴 🌱
Trying out a new lens on a backyard marigold. 🪴 🌱
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Trying out a new lens on a backyard marigold. 🪴 🌱
Then there’s Ben Johnson, the sprinter! 🇨🇦
Plus there was Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson who is an Olympic medalist from 1984, despite him being stripped of the gold in 1988. He’s a good example of there is no such thing as a former Olympian.
Ben Jonson was “the second greatest playwright” after Shakespeare, and Ben Johnson is the new Bears head coach who has everyone excited. Just to clear up any confusion 👇
September 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Then there’s Ben Johnson, the sprinter! 🇨🇦
Ben Jonson was “the second greatest playwright” after Shakespeare, and Ben Johnson is the new Bears head coach who has everyone excited. Just to clear up any confusion 👇
September 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ben Jonson was “the second greatest playwright” after Shakespeare, and Ben Johnson is the new Bears head coach who has everyone excited. Just to clear up any confusion 👇
Goodbye to the Damen Silos and a connection to a previous era in Chicago and the Midwest. Always a great place to go birding, around Bubbly Creek, Canalport Riverwalk and more. #canadagoose
July 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Goodbye to the Damen Silos and a connection to a previous era in Chicago and the Midwest. Always a great place to go birding, around Bubbly Creek, Canalport Riverwalk and more. #canadagoose
Thank you WGN and Spotlight Chicago for the opportunity to talk about the Newberry and the Winging It exhibition today. We covered a lot including Monty and Rose, the prairie chicken (should be Illinois state bird) and protecting endangered species. Thanks to hosts Sarah Jindra and Ji Suk Yi.
July 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Thank you WGN and Spotlight Chicago for the opportunity to talk about the Newberry and the Winging It exhibition today. We covered a lot including Monty and Rose, the prairie chicken (should be Illinois state bird) and protecting endangered species. Thanks to hosts Sarah Jindra and Ji Suk Yi.
A surprising visitor to the Newberry last week! A young peregrine falcon spent more than a day around the parking lot and the 2nd floor. Chicago Peregrine Program said there was nothing to worry about with Lizzy, which is the name of this young female. She was just out testing her wings. 🪶
July 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A surprising visitor to the Newberry last week! A young peregrine falcon spent more than a day around the parking lot and the 2nd floor. Chicago Peregrine Program said there was nothing to worry about with Lizzy, which is the name of this young female. She was just out testing her wings. 🪶
Hi all, the Winging It exhibition I’ve curated opens tomorrow and I’m looking forward to sharing it with the world. I’ll be in the gallery as much as possible tomorrow and Saturday from about 10am-4pm. I hope you have a chance to visit, runs through September 27 at the Newberry Library.
June 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hi all, the Winging It exhibition I’ve curated opens tomorrow and I’m looking forward to sharing it with the world. I’ll be in the gallery as much as possible tomorrow and Saturday from about 10am-4pm. I hope you have a chance to visit, runs through September 27 at the Newberry Library.
Handsome house sparrow portrait.
House sparrow, mourning dove and... huh, that's a weird bird
May 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Handsome house sparrow portrait.
Mayapple season has quickly escalated. 🍏 🌱 🪴
May 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Mayapple season has quickly escalated. 🍏 🌱 🪴
Bringing plovers back to Wisconsin Point near Superior, Wis., is, personal. Thank you to @chicagopiping.bsky.social for drawing my attention to this story! www.twibchicago.com/p/piping-plo...
Piping Plover site has personal meaning
Mikayla Erickson is working to make Wisconsin Point a future breeding locale.
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May 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Bringing plovers back to Wisconsin Point near Superior, Wis., is, personal. Thank you to @chicagopiping.bsky.social for drawing my attention to this story! www.twibchicago.com/p/piping-plo...
Birders may like today’s strands.
Strands #425
“What a trill!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵
Strands #425
“What a trill!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵
May 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Birders may like today’s strands.
Strands #425
“What a trill!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵
Strands #425
“What a trill!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵
Baltimore Orioles can’t resist this sweet setup. Now we wait for our first visit.
May 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Baltimore Orioles can’t resist this sweet setup. Now we wait for our first visit.
It’s May 1 and spring migration is near its peak so it is time to be cautious and recall this important insight. 🪶
May 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It’s May 1 and spring migration is near its peak so it is time to be cautious and recall this important insight. 🪶
Another item found with the Street Birds photos (1981) in the archives of @chicagoreader.com - a critique called The President’s Brain Is Missing, stating that editorialists were soon going to proclaim that “Reagan is just plain stupid.”
April 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Another item found with the Street Birds photos (1981) in the archives of @chicagoreader.com - a critique called The President’s Brain Is Missing, stating that editorialists were soon going to proclaim that “Reagan is just plain stupid.”
Reposted by Bob Dolgan
They're just trying to get through their day like the rest of us. "Cold as shit out here, am I right?" says one to the other.
April 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
They're just trying to get through their day like the rest of us. "Cold as shit out here, am I right?" says one to the other.
Here are more photos from “Street Birds,” the 1981 feature article in @chicagoreader.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Here are more photos from “Street Birds,” the 1981 feature article in @chicagoreader.com