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.

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.

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!

Build Black and Brown Solidarity with partners on Saturday October 17 at Douglass Park. Begin the day with an opportunity for healing and birdwatching at 9. Bike ride begins at 10 and we will tour important landmarks important to the strengthening of Black and Brown power.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.