Title Refuge in the Windy City: Declining wetland bird makes a home in downtown Chicago Image Sun, 2026-07-05 08:03 Great Lakes Echo By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva While urbanization continues to displace natural ecosystems across the Great Lakes region, one declining wetland bird has managed to adapt to city life -- the black-crowned night heron. Great Lakes Echo, BIRD, Birds, body, Chicago, city, close, concrete, Connect, conservation, conservative, county, Cuba, diet, downtown, driver, ecosystems, Energy, Environment, Events, fidelity, first, fish, Fishing, Florida, followed, Food, foraging, found, gps, Great Lakes, green, Health, help, home, Hunting, Illinois, Infrastructure, lake, Lake Michigan, lakes, Lead, Life, location, louisiana, Michigan, nature, new, north, open, Other, Parks, Population, project, Region, Research, RISK, river, satellites, scientists, season, solar, study, summer, support, suspect, Technology, time, United States, university, US, Water, Western, wetlands, who, Wildlife, winter, Wisconsin