Urban Rivers
@urbanrivers.bsky.social
Transforming urban waterways into wildlife sanctuaries! 🌱🐟❤️
If you, like me, have spent all month looking at birds instead of planning your Halloween costume - fear not!! We have your back. Here are three quick and easy outfits for tonight!!
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If you, like me, have spent all month looking at birds instead of planning your Halloween costume - fear not!! We have your back. Here are three quick and easy outfits for tonight!!
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#coolbugalert I found at least 6 of these Yellow garden spiders on the Wild Mile! @urbanrivers.bsky.social put my hand behind the web to show you scale! 🤯 #homeriverbioblitz
September 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#coolbugalert I found at least 6 of these Yellow garden spiders on the Wild Mile! @urbanrivers.bsky.social put my hand behind the web to show you scale! 🤯 #homeriverbioblitz
I realize I’ve posted almost exclusively about our wildlife cameras on this account. If you’ve enjoyed that, great news - you can help me out!
Here’s acclaimed actor Nick Wesley explaining how!
Here’s acclaimed actor Nick Wesley explaining how!
July 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I realize I’ve posted almost exclusively about our wildlife cameras on this account. If you’ve enjoyed that, great news - you can help me out!
Here’s acclaimed actor Nick Wesley explaining how!
Here’s acclaimed actor Nick Wesley explaining how!
“let’s put out cameras to study wildlife behavior!”
The behaviors:
The behaviors:
July 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“let’s put out cameras to study wildlife behavior!”
The behaviors:
The behaviors:
Do you like beer? Awesome - come to our Block Party on July 13th!
(It’s 3-8pm at 905 W Eastman Street)
(It’s 3-8pm at 905 W Eastman Street)
July 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Do you like beer? Awesome - come to our Block Party on July 13th!
(It’s 3-8pm at 905 W Eastman Street)
(It’s 3-8pm at 905 W Eastman Street)
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For the second year in a row, we celebrated solstice w/ a Polish accent on Chicago’s #WildMile w/ @urbanrivers.bsky.social. We hope that you can join us next time 🌺
June 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For the second year in a row, we celebrated solstice w/ a Polish accent on Chicago’s #WildMile w/ @urbanrivers.bsky.social. We hope that you can join us next time 🌺
“Chicago is so dangerous!”
The crime in Chicago:
The crime in Chicago:
June 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Chicago is so dangerous!”
The crime in Chicago:
The crime in Chicago:
At the height of the Chicago River’s pollution, there were only 5 fish species that could be found in the river. Now, there are 77! Here are four of them.
April 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
At the height of the Chicago River’s pollution, there were only 5 fish species that could be found in the river. Now, there are 77! Here are four of them.
Do you enjoy needless loitering, drama, and making a ton of noise in public? Then you’d get along just fine with a Canada Goose! It’s deranged unprovoked aggression season (aka nesting season) - remember to keep a healthy distance from these heathens!
April 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Do you enjoy needless loitering, drama, and making a ton of noise in public? Then you’d get along just fine with a Canada Goose! It’s deranged unprovoked aggression season (aka nesting season) - remember to keep a healthy distance from these heathens!
We’re excited to announce our newest project: The CyberReef!
The result of an incredible cross-sector collaboration, this initiative repurposes Cybertrucks to create artificial freshwater reefs.
For more information about the CyberReef, please email press@tesla.com
The result of an incredible cross-sector collaboration, this initiative repurposes Cybertrucks to create artificial freshwater reefs.
For more information about the CyberReef, please email press@tesla.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We’re excited to announce our newest project: The CyberReef!
The result of an incredible cross-sector collaboration, this initiative repurposes Cybertrucks to create artificial freshwater reefs.
For more information about the CyberReef, please email press@tesla.com
The result of an incredible cross-sector collaboration, this initiative repurposes Cybertrucks to create artificial freshwater reefs.
For more information about the CyberReef, please email press@tesla.com
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Chicago loves a critter! The newest one, a "Remarkably Rotund" beaver, now has a name, thanks to @urbanrivers.bsky.social.
New shirts online now! Sales benefit our friends at Urban Rivers!
#raygun #urbanrivers #chicagoriver #idabeavwells
www.raygunsite.com/products/ida...
New shirts online now! Sales benefit our friends at Urban Rivers!
#raygun #urbanrivers #chicagoriver #idabeavwells
www.raygunsite.com/products/ida...
March 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Chicago loves a critter! The newest one, a "Remarkably Rotund" beaver, now has a name, thanks to @urbanrivers.bsky.social.
New shirts online now! Sales benefit our friends at Urban Rivers!
#raygun #urbanrivers #chicagoriver #idabeavwells
www.raygunsite.com/products/ida...
New shirts online now! Sales benefit our friends at Urban Rivers!
#raygun #urbanrivers #chicagoriver #idabeavwells
www.raygunsite.com/products/ida...
I am absolutely DELIGHTED to announce that a name has been selected (through a democratic process) for our beloved South Branch Beaver. Meet Ida Beav Wells! Her presumed kits, frequently sighted alongside her, shall be named Plumpton Sinclair and Chewy Garcia.
March 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I am absolutely DELIGHTED to announce that a name has been selected (through a democratic process) for our beloved South Branch Beaver. Meet Ida Beav Wells! Her presumed kits, frequently sighted alongside her, shall be named Plumpton Sinclair and Chewy Garcia.
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A "remarkably rotund" beaver is making a splash on the South Side — and she needs a name. 🦫
A 'Remarkably Rotund' Beaver Is Making A Splash On The South Side — And She Needs A Name
As beaver sightings become more common along the Chicago River, one particularly spherical and possibly pregnant beaver has captivated Chicagoans online.
buff.ly
February 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A "remarkably rotund" beaver is making a splash on the South Side — and she needs a name. 🦫
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Timeline cleanse: There is a very hefty beaver living and thriving on the Chicago River and I personally think that the city should name her Sigourney Beaver but my fellow citizens have come up with some other good suggestions 🦫💚 blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/18/a...
A 'Remarkably Rotund' Beaver Is Making A Splash On The South Side — And She Needs A Name
As beaver sightings become more common along the Chicago River, one particularly spherical and possibly pregnant beaver has captivated Chicagoans online.
blockclubchicago.org
February 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Timeline cleanse: There is a very hefty beaver living and thriving on the Chicago River and I personally think that the city should name her Sigourney Beaver but my fellow citizens have come up with some other good suggestions 🦫💚 blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/18/a...
Happy Valentines Day to those who celebrate! If this post gets more than ten likes I’ll post all the NSFW versions.
February 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Happy Valentines Day to those who celebrate! If this post gets more than ten likes I’ll post all the NSFW versions.
Once again, I spent all year taking bird pictures on company time. And once again, I found a way to justify it. Please enjoy our 2024 annual report! urbanriv.org/annual-reports
February 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Once again, I spent all year taking bird pictures on company time. And once again, I found a way to justify it. Please enjoy our 2024 annual report! urbanriv.org/annual-reports
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Kayaking the Chicago River has become one of my favorite activities. I’m so grateful to organizations like @urbanrivers.bsky.social for their work restoring this important ecosystem www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIin...
Operation Restoration: RIVER
YouTube video by 11th Hour Racing
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January 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Kayaking the Chicago River has become one of my favorite activities. I’m so grateful to organizations like @urbanrivers.bsky.social for their work restoring this important ecosystem www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIin...
Don’t miss the hottest event of the winter! Join us on Friday for Piggies on the River: the Royal Chicago Pigs-in-a-Blanket Festival! Malört, coffee, pigs in a blanket… you name it, we got it! More information below, and on our website.
urban-rivers.ticketleap.com/piggies-on-the-river/
urban-rivers.ticketleap.com/piggies-on-the-river/
January 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Don’t miss the hottest event of the winter! Join us on Friday for Piggies on the River: the Royal Chicago Pigs-in-a-Blanket Festival! Malört, coffee, pigs in a blanket… you name it, we got it! More information below, and on our website.
urban-rivers.ticketleap.com/piggies-on-the-river/
urban-rivers.ticketleap.com/piggies-on-the-river/
When our volunteers discovered this cursed painting in the river last summer, I thought we’d never find anything creepier. Today I was proven wrong (by the same volunteers).
January 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When our volunteers discovered this cursed painting in the river last summer, I thought we’d never find anything creepier. Today I was proven wrong (by the same volunteers).
I’m declaring 2025 Year of the Heron. Look at these creepos.
January 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I’m declaring 2025 Year of the Heron. Look at these creepos.