Wandering around Chicago with The Seven-Year-Old: The Osaka Garden on Chicago’s Wooded Island
Next time you’re at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, take a few minutes to follow the walking trail behind the museum across the Clarence Darrow and/or North bridges.
There you’ll find Frederick Law Olmsted’s Wooded Island and the Osaka Garden, one of the few remaining remnants of the 1893 Columbian Exposition.
The island has been converted into a nature sanctuary and is an important stopping point for birds migrating through the Midwest each spring and fall.
Osaka Gardens with the Museum of Science & Industry in the background. (Photo: Shala Howell)
If you look closely at the center left section of the photograph, you’ll see a large, but kind of squatty bird. It’s a black crowned night heron, which has a remarkable ability to stay focused on fishing despite any intruding paparazzi.
Totally ignoring me. And yes, I was actually that close. (Photo: Shala Howell)
A tiny map courtesy of Google to help you on your way:
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3 Responses to “Wandering around Chicago with The Seven-Year-Old: The Osaka Garden on Chicago’s Wooded Island”
Never made it there when we lived in Indiana. It was on the list. Nice when it isn’t covered in ice and snow!
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Kind of nice covered in snow too, but then I’ve had years to practice my appreciation of ice and snow.
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