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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Dale Bowman

A whacked-out winter: Early birds, flowers, coho, crawlers & ticks; a dearth of ice

Red-winged blackbirds with a bonus cowbird at feeders on Wednesday. (John Heneghan)

As I stepped out to walk Lady Tuesday, about 15 robins, first of the year for me, flitted between our maple and the neighbor’s crabapple tree.

I started checking off spring signs in my head.

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