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COM  \nSTEELING THE SHOW  \nFormerly the site of a U.S. Steel facility, a restored South Shore park may hold the key for Chicago birder aiming to spot a record 300 di erent birds this year  \nBy Finnegan Belleau | CHICAGO TRIBUNE  \nAs light mist obscured the far-o􀀝 Chicago skyline, only the faint sounds of metal cranes clanging and construction vehicles beeping in the distance broke up the quiet morning at Park 566 in South Shore.  \nPeeking around tall patches of grass and peering through binoculars at Lake Michigan, Tarik Shahzad, a birder from the Norwood Park neighborhood, called Thursday’s cold, wet conditions ideal for spotting birds late in the year.  \n“If you want to ndone of the largest prairiesin the city of Chicago with threatened and endangered bird species, ve-lined skink (lizards) and alot of peace and solitude with an incredible view of the city skyline and Lake Michigan, Park 566 is the place,”he said.  \nShahzad, 29, isona mission to identify 300 birds in Cook County this year and only has two to go. He has already broken his own record of 296 spotted last year.  \nThe tally is part ofa challenge birders take onto see as many species as possible in a given area in 365 days.  \nIn 2024, Shahzad rst broke the bird spotting record in Cook County with 294 sightings. The race to spot more unique species every year has taken him across the county and even out onto  \nBirder Tarik Shahzad looks for unique species of birds during his walk in Park 566 on Thursday in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. ANTONIO  \nPEREZ/CHICAGO  \nLake Michigan. The birderin second place had 12 fewer sightings as of Thursday afternoon, according to online database eBird.  \nShahzad said he was desperately looking for ared crossbill Thursday but also hoped to see species of ducks and gulls that are rare to the area. He still took time to appreciate birds he had already spotted earlier this year, including Savannah sparrows 􀀞itting between grass stalks.  \nTRIBUNE See BIRDING on Page A4  \nImmigration policies tied to Stephen Miller were a liability for Republicans in the election, polls showed.  \nMiller now top aide to Trump  \nKey deputy behind deportation agenda takes over for Wiles  \nBy Seung Min Kim  \nASSOCIATED PRESS  \nWASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Friday that Stephen Miller was replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of sta􀀝, installing as his closest adviser a loyal, combative bulldog for his “America First” agenda as the president prepares to stare down a newly empowered Democratic Congress next year.  \nMiller, long a key member of Trump’sinner circle, is a key architect of the administration’shard-line immigration policies.  \nHe is one of Trump’s longest-serving aides, joining his long-shot 2016 presidential campaign asa speechwriter. He most recently served as White House deputy chief of sta􀀝 for policy and oversees a broad portfolio, though he is best known for his role in Trump’s immigration policy.  \nThe staff shuffle signals that Trump, whose Republican Party was handed monumental defeats in Tuesday’s midterm elections, is resisting a conciliatory approach to Democratic lawmakers who  \nSee MILLER on Page A8  \nARCH BLOCKED: A federal judge Thursday night promptly blocked construction of President Donald Trump’s 250-foot triumphal arch near the entrance of Arlington National Cemetery after a Trump-friendly panel approved it. Nation & World, Page B4  \nANALYSIS: Unpopular Trump pays price in midterm elections. Nation & World, Page B5  \nAt U. ofC., a sanctuary for words  \nBanned books scholar hopes to arm teachers with cultural capital  \nBy Darcel Rockett  \nCHICAGO TRIBUNE  \nAlready well known for being a sanctuary city for refugees and immigrants, in 2022, Chicago became a di􀀝erent kind of refuge—one for banned books. 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