A Lego in a lake trout, bison calves at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, a question on the timeline for Willow Slough, and a tribute to Leigh Perkins are among the notes from around Chicago ...

Armed with SBrick, a tiny RC receiver that lets you control Lego power functions from your tablet or mobile device, he has made an amazing Baja truck that you can control from over 20 yards away.