Most folks recognize the name Roger Tory Peterson, the famous birder who wrote field guides to bird identification. But who has heard of Phoebe Snetsinger? Snetsinger, who grew up in Hawthorn Woods ...

What would have been the 85th birthday of world-renowned birder Phoebe Snetsinger was marked with a Google Doodle on Thursday. Google marked what would have been the 85th birthday of world renowned ...

Along this exhausting and often painful road to birding fame, Snetsinger was taken prisoner by Ethiopian tribesmen, kidnapped and sexually assaulted in New Guinea. She contracted malaria in Zambia, ...

In this biography of bird enthusiast Phoebe Snetsinger, former journalist Gentile wonders whether there is a “line between dedication and obsession, and when does obsession cross the line into ...

A new perennial pollinator garden has been installed at Community Park in Hawthorn Woods. The garden was planted June 10. Kyle Wanca, 18, who graduated from Barrington High School this school year, ...

Most birders know about Phoebe Snetsinger, who after a cancer diagnosis set out to see as many bird species as she could before she died. Get up-to-the-minute news ...