This event is hosted by Friends of the Forest Preserves and will be a Zoom broadcast. It is brought to you by Friends of the Forest Preserves in partnership with American Indian Health Services of Chicago, St. Kateri Center of Chicago, Chicago Audubon Society, and the Forest Preserves of Cook County.

Audrey Peterman's new book, “From My Jamaican Gully to the World,” shares how the confidence she acquired growing up wild and free in Jamaica. Audrey focuses on connecting the public lands system and the American public in an egalitarian way.

How have penguins adapted to extreme weather in the past, and will this help them adapt to current and future climate change? Esteemed marine ornithologist Dr. Emslie will provide an overview of penguin ecology in Antarctica with a synopsis of his research and the impacts of climate change that he has witnessed in over 25 years of work there.

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. This week’s locations are the Evanston and Wilmette Bird Habitats!

Chicago Audubon and the Forest Preserves of Cook County are co-hosting a Big Day bird count and walk at Thatcher Woods in River Forest. Join us to see how many birds we can count.

Chicago Audubon and the Forest Preserves of Cook County are co-hosting a Zoom program especially for you! We’ll be introducing you to the useful eBird app! What is the eBird app, you ask? Already know eBird, but have a few questions? Well, this program will be perfect for you too!

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. This episode's focus is on Big Marsh Park on the southeast side of Chicago.

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. This week’s locations are Northerly Island, McCormick Place and Burnham Wildlife Corridor!

Deja Perkins is an urban ecologist, science communicator and birder who grew up on the southeast side of Chicago. With a focus on environmental justice, Deja is one of the co-organizers of the #BlackBirdersWeek social media movement and currently the President of BlackAFinSTEM, the membership organization that organized Black Birders Week.

Try a new way of birding! Bird Camp Pine Woods on your own, using the maps and info we provide. 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.

No reason to be blue. Birds are everywhere! Now that we've been enjoying yard and neighborhood birds more and more, you might like some tips on basic identification skills.

Meet some the waterfowl, shorebirds, and more – including several threatened and endangered species - that take advantage of Cook County Forest Preserve lakes and wetlands.

Try a new way of birding with Chicago Ornithological and Chicago Audubon! Because birding in groups still feels unsafe for many of us, we’ve teamed up to bring you the safety of birding alone with the fun and information of birding with a group.

Join us with James Phillips, Fisheries Biologist with the Forest Preserves of Cook County to learn more about the waterfowl, shorebirds, and other wildlife– including several threatened and endangered species - that take advantage of Cook County Forest Preserve lakes and wetlands.

Try a new way of birding! Bird Washington Park on your own, using the maps and info we provide. 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.

Peter Cahill will share some inspiring photos and stories about the birds of Guatemala and bird conservation in the cloud forest.

Wetland systems are some of the most at risk habitats around the globe, and especially in the Great Lakes. They provide valuable services for people, and the plants and animals that rely on them. Join us for a Zoom presentation and discussion with Auriel Fournier - Director of Forbes Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois.

Once on the Endangered Species List and extirpated in Illinois from 1951 until 1986, the Peregrine Falcon population now exceeds historic levels.

Join Mark Pohlad, from the History of Art and Architecture, DePaul University, and North Park Village Nature Center staff for a special presentation––the birds found at the Nature Center as seen through the art and research of the painter-naturalist, John James Audubon.

Presented by Dr. Jeffery Wells, who has been at the forefront of increasing protected areas in Canada’s Boreal Forest region where over 154 million acres have been protected since 2000.