The village of Skokie will be voting in early December on whether to approve the construction of a 13-story Carvana Car Vending Tower on a property directly across from Harms Woods Forest Preserve!
Strengthen the Migratory Bird Treaty Act - comment by December 3
Speaking of Nature: Big Bird Numbers, Christmas Bird Count
2021 Gift Guide for the Birds
Chicago's BIPOC Birders Featured in Podcast
Chicago Bird Report - October
Big Marsh Revival
Notes From a Casual Birder: On Turkey Vultures
Join our Flock - Communications Volunteers Needed
Did you know you can help birds and conservation with your communication or computer skills? Join our team and find out! Chicago Audubon has a fun and creative communication team, but with some team members moving on, we are looking for two more volunteers to help us spread our news, events and other communications. We are a diverse and a welcoming group.
Chicago Bird Report - September
Save Bell Bowl Prairie - Your Help Needed
On Discovering the Birding Journal of George Carrington Mason
Speaking of Nature: Review of J. Drew Lanham's Sparrow Envy, A Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts and American Birds, A Literary Companion
2021 Birdseed Sale
Safe Spaces Increase Access to Nature for LGBTQIA+ Communities
“Maybe one day affinity spaces won’t be necessary, but right now, there’s healing and trust-building that needs to be done for our communities, and other communities who have been left out of conservation planning and engagement.” CAS Board member and Out in Nature founder Forrest Cortes writes about the importance of creating safe spaces for affinity groups in conservation and birding.
Bird Friendly Chicago - Moving Forward for Birds
Chicago Bird Report - August
Check out our new video series identifying awesome birds you can find in the Chicago area - Chicago Bird Report. Often we travel to unusual under-birded areas to locate and explain hard-to-find birds. Here’s our second episode, where we traveled to Park 566, along Lake Michigan on the far south side of Chicago.
Volunteers Needed - Share and grow your Instagram skills
Chicago Audubon needs your Instagram passion!
We’ve grown our IG audience to nearly 3,000 in 2 years, but we need (volunteer) help to keep growing! Are you a talented communicator? Do you love bird photography and telling local conservation stories?
You don’t need to be a photographer or an expert birder, but a knowledge of Instagram - posts, stories and videos, along with an eye for design, and expertise in communications is important. And time - we need volunteers who can donate at least 1-2 hours a week.
Bird Monitors Needed along Chicago River - at River and Ronan Parks and Park 538
Help CAS track the results of a future bird habitat installation at River Park. This year we are collecting baseline and comparison data at River Park, Ronan Park and Park 538 (Chicago River north and south of Bryn Mawr and the North Shore Channel south of Touhy). Anyone who can identify migrating birds to family or species can join this survey.
Chicago Bird Report - July
Check out our new video series identifying awesome birds you can find in the Chicago area - Chicago Bird Report. Often we travel to unusual under-birded areas to locate and explain hard-to-find birds. Here’s our first episode, where we traveled to Orland Park, behind a Costco parking lot - we call it the Orland Costco Slough.