Pine silhouettes gathered the first light along their edges, and the morning seemed suspended between night and day. The surface lay still, holding its breath. I arrived at dawn, before the park’s quiet would yield to footsteps and voices, hoping to encounter the birds in the brief hour when the lake still belonged to them.

We know that Mother Nature follows her own calendar of the seasons, and has no need for our human holidays to mark the entry of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. But, if she were to put together an Easter Basket, what eggs might we find in it? How, and why, do the eggs of so many bird species become colorful and distinctive?

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The lakefront stretch from East 45th-51st St, Morgan Shoal, is being redeveloped by the City of Chicago with significant new parkland built out into what is now lake.

Spring migration season for birds has arrived - here are some things we can do to make it safer.

On February 19th, the Chicago Bird Alliance held a special evening benefit performance of BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA at A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. Hear our thoughts on the play in our full review!