A group of people was briefly joined by an adult bald eagle during a community planting event last week.

For a while, the bird circled the sky above Long Lake Park in Round Lake Beach as the delighted volunteers and staff from the Round Lake Area Park District worked on the ground, digging holes and planting native trees and shrubs for what is to become a birdscape.

“We have a family of bald eagles that nest near here,” said Ane Olivares, the Park District’s superintendent of parks.

Soon, the eagles will be joined by other varieties of birds and wildlife, as those native species create a habitat welcoming owls, pollinators, insects and critters, such as chipmunks, squirrels and snakes.

The Park District’s birdscape project has been made possible by a $2,500 grant from the Lake County A

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