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!!

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!

“let’s put out cameras to study wildlife behavior!”

The behaviors:

Do you like beer? Awesome - come to our Block Party on July 13th!

(It’s 3-8pm at 905 W Eastman Street)

“Chicago is so dangerous!”

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.

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

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.

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

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/

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.