Try a new way of birding with Chicago Ornithological and Chicago Audubon!

We’ve teamed up to bring you the safety of birding alone with the fun and information of birding with a group.

Here’s how it works:

Bird our selected birding hotspot, using the maps and info we provide (click the links on their names below). Then, join us for an online Zoom discussion where we chat about the birds we all saw or heard, and how the habitat welcomes them.

Each Patch Chat will also feature ID tips and finding info for some of the special birds of the hotspot and a birdsong quiz. New and experienced birders will enjoy these programs.

This Sunday we’ll discuss Northerly Island, McCormick Place and Burnham Wildlife Corridor with this wonderful group:

• Doug Stotz, Senior Conservation Ecologist, Field Museum

• Josh Engel, Principal, Red Hill Birding

• Ted Gross, Program Specialist, Chicago Park District

• Birders Gustavo Ustariz (Choose Honduras) and Claire Halpin (Studio Gang)

Join us to virtually explore this beautiful park, as well as the public artworks and Roots and Routes public engagement program in the Burnham Wildlife Corridor.

Visit our Birding Hotspots page for more information and a map

We’ll visit a new patch every fourth Sunday at 6; grab your dinner and your favorite drink and chat with us!