Visitors walk this week along a waterway at Lake Katherine Nature Center in Palos Heights, where signs of spring are starting to emerge after a long, cold winter.
The geese are just some of the many animals, plants and flowers popping up in recent weeks at the popular nature center as the Southland gradually thaws out from the long, cold winter. “Every day, we come by and unplug it,” Shukin said, but the beavers stay busy. “They will chop down what they want.” The muskrats just arrived a few weeks ago, building homes and “getting their act together for summertime,” Shukin said, and the painted turtles recently emerged too.[Most read] Daily horoscope for March 24, 2022“I like that you can see everything,” said Emily Cruz, of Palos Heights, who was there with her daughter, Eleanor, 2. “We like coming to see the ducks. They’re pretty friendly, too.”