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For the first time in roughly 100 years, baby Bald Eagles were born in Chicago earlier this year. While this stoic and iconic predatory bird has been seen more frequently in Chicagoland throughout the past 20 years or so, their history and presence in Cook County, and even beyond Illinois, goes farther back.
For anyone living or working in Chicago tired of reading about collisions and seeing fatalities prone on the sidewalk, please visit the Chicago Collisions Coalition website to learn more about what you can do now.
When rain is predicted you might open a weather app to check when the storm will roll in, viewing radar imaging to pinpoint the moment you need an umbrella. Weather radar is, of course, used to track precipitation. But not everything in the sky is a meteorological phenomenon - a perhaps lesser-known use of radar is bird migration monitoring.
The original story appeared in OutdoorIllinois Journal (outdoor.wildlifeillinois.org), a product of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and National Great Rivers Research and Education Center.
Local birder and environmental policy advocate talks careers, rare-bird chasing, and the power of constituency.
Black and white plumage,
checkered with white spots,
a ruff of lace around the neck—
kings and queens of the lake,
dignified, graceful,
royalty among waterfowl.
We need your help for the Spring Bird Count next Saturday, May 9th! This is a yearly count covering all 102 counties in Illinois. The data derived from it is vital in helping understand the impact of climate change on birds and population trends statewide.
We’ve got another great Ask a Bird Nerd question! This time, we’re looking at why birds of prey, primarily hawks and owls, will decapitate some of the songbirds they hunt.
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.
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Join us at Plum Creek for an evening spotting Common Nighthawks on their migration route to South America! The cul-de-sac at the end of Plum Creek Meadow’s parking lot has a gorgeous, wide-open view of the sky. Bring your lawn chair and eagle eyes to help us spot nighthawks migrating through prior to their return next spring.
Chicago Bird Alliance has hosted walks at Jackson Park every Saturday, year ‘round (weather permitting), for over 50 years! We traverse a distance of about two miles, walking through Wooded Island and Bobolink Meadow. The walks are free and open to all, and newcomers are warmly welcomed.
Join us for a morning walk at Park No. 566 to see prairie birds such as sparrows, meadowlarks, raptors and maybe some early fall migrants. Park No. 566 is an incredible restored prairie that sees uncommon bird species like parasitic jaegers, blue grosbeaks and many more. Its proximity to the lakefront provides an incredible opportunity to see birds in flight through Lake Michigan with the city of Chicago in the background.
Chicago Bird Alliance has hosted walks at Jackson Park every Saturday, year ‘round (weather permitting), for over 50 years! We traverse a distance of about two miles, walking through Wooded Island and Bobolink Meadow. The walks are free and open to all, and newcomers are warmly welcomed.
Chicago Bird Alliance has hosted walks at Jackson Park every Saturday, year ‘round (weather permitting), for over 50 years! We traverse a distance of about two miles, walking through Wooded Island and Bobolink Meadow. The walks are free and open to all, and newcomers are warmly welcomed.
Join Chicago's Cosplaying Hotties for our FIRST EVER coshottie bird nerd walk! We will be observing, identifying, and counting birds at the South Shore Nature Sanctuary while in cosplay/nerdy attire! Walk will be led by bird outing leaders Admin V and Coshottie Canny, and CBA leaders Eugenio Calderon and Dan Lory. Games and debrief at the end of the walk.