The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, the Chicago Ornithological Society, and the Chicago Audubon Society are proud to present the Compelling Voices in Birding and Conservation series. This virtual presentation was recorded on July 22, 2021.

Birding with Deja Perkins?? Yes, please! This birding experience is sure to be a wonderful morning at Big Marsh Park. This event is free, but you must register to participate. There will be 20 spots available. Every individual needs a registration.

Birding with Deja Perkins?? Yes, please! This birding experience is sure to be a wonderful morning at Jackson Park. This event is free, but you must register to participate. There will be 20 spots available. Every individual needs a registration.

Celebrate Black Birders Week 2021 by going on this birding experience in Sherman Park with none other than Deja Perkins. Whether you can make this particular event or not, use the hashtag #BirdsOfAFeather and tag @BlackAFinSTEM to post about birding less visited hotspots!

Have you ever experienced the healing and relaxing benefits of birding? Join Friends of the Forrest Preserves and Chicago Audubon Society for an early bird walk at Whistler Woods Forest Preserve.

Ready to get back outside? Join us during one of our "mini" bird walks.

Ready to get back outside? Join us during one of our "mini" bird walks.

We are using our platform to put pressure on Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Dr. Allison Arwady to do what is right. DENY the permit.

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.

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.

Laurie Goodrich, Sarkis Acopian Director of Conservation Science at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association, will share experience and knowledge gleaned from years of monitoring and analyzing raptor migration.

Our organizing committee has made the difficult decision to postpone the Birding America conference this Saturday.

Discuss best practices in bird conservation with local volunteer practitioners

Based on advice from many experienced bird walk leaders, John Elliott will offer tips to make your birding more productive and especially enjoyable.

Join us for an evening with author and estreme birder Lynn Barber who will speak to us about her “Big Year Birding Adventures”—focusing on quests and adventures from her Texas and Alaska big years

The 20th Anniversary of the Illinois Beach State Park Hawk Watch will take place at the Illinois Beach State Park Nature Center.

Get to know the birds in your backyard and neighborhood.

Learn the best and most logical way to identify birds.

Learn about the birds that live in your neighborhood year round and those who come to nest here during the summer.

Join us as we explore "Craig's Woods" and sections of Spring Creek Forest Preserve, including Penny Road Pond, Galloping Hill grasslands, wetland and prairie areas north of Penny Road in Barrington Hills, where Board Member Craig Stettner led and helped in restoration and habitat enhancement efforts. 

Why did Sandhill Cranes almost disappear from our region, and why has there been there been such an impressive resurgence in the crane population since Aldo Leopold worried about its impending extirpation 80 years ago?

See how descent from dinosaurs shaped the birds of today.

Part of the Compelling Voices in Birding and Conservation series at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, delve into the difficult, soul-searching questions we must confront in the Anthropocene era about what we can and should do for birds on the brink of extinction.

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