Notes come from around Chicago outdoors.

WILD OF THE WEEK

Ron Wozny photographed the birds of the moment, American goldfinches, on the Northwest Side and noted, ``They love the cosmos.’’

WOTW, the celebration of wild stories and photos around Chicago outdoors, runs most weeks in the special two-page outdoors section in the Sun-Times Sports Saturday. Send nominations to @BowmanOutside on Twitter or Instagram, to Dale Bowman on Facebook or email BowmanOutside@gmail.com.

WILD TIMES

DUCKS UNLIMITED

Thursday, Aug. 22: Northwest Suburban dinner, The Cotillion, Palatine. Contact Lisa Wente (847) 702-1669 or Jeff Lanaghan (630) 258-5273.

FISH GATHERING

Tuesday, Aug. 20: Arlington Anglers, Club picnic, Harper College East Pavilion, 6 p.m.

PUBLIC MEETING

Wednesday, Aug. 21: Indiana DNR meeting on upcoming renovations at Willow Slough Fish & Wildlife Area, Newton County Government Center, Morocco, Ind., 6-8 p.m., bit.ly/2JMwagC.

HUNTER SAFETY

Sept. 6-7: Bartlett, Sofia at (847) 608-3118

Sept. 21-22: Kankakee, (815) 935-2700 . . . Dyer, Ind., (815) 472-4900

CHICAGO RIVER TALKS

Monday, Aug. 19: Jennifer Wasik, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Wasik is the Principal Environmental Scientist for the MWRD,, McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum Lunch and Learn, 12:15-12:45 p.m., museum plaza on Chicago Riverwalk

CONSERVATION WORLD

Through today, Aug. 18: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at Illinois State Fair, Springfield, Conservation World info is at https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/news/Pages/Step-Into-the-Outdoors-at-Conservation-World-During-the-2019-Illinois-State-Fair.aspx. Go to https://www2.illinois.gov/statefair/Pages/default.aspx for state fair info.

ILLINOIS PERMITS

Monday: Aug. 19: Deadline, second lottery, fall wild turkey shotgun season permits, https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/TurkeyHunting.aspx

DALE’S MAILBAG

``Saw these two eagles as we were cruising back from Chicago.’’ Chris Piekos

A: We are nearing the point where eagles anywhere are just part of the natural world.

BIG NUMBER

39th: Mountain lion confirmed in Michigan since 2008. It was caught on trail camera on July 7 northwest of Ironwood, Mich.

LAST WORD

``One does not sell the land people walk on.’’

Crazy Horse, Oglala Lakota Sioux, credited with words ringing true 150 years later (now more than ever).