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Local Update to Mysterious Bird Illness Spreading Across the Eastern United States

This post from Willowbrook Wildlife Center on July 28 has the latest information about the bird illness spreading across the eastern states.

Public Comment on RMG (General Iron) Expansion on Southeast Side

Read the letter that Chicago Audubon submitted to the Chicago Department of Public Health on the proposed expansion of the RMG plant (General Iron) on the Southeast side of Chicago.

Bird Friendly Chicago

Bird Friendly Chicago is an alliance to promote a safer urban environment for birds through improved lighting, landscaping and glass features of buildings.

Bird-friendly coffee

Buying shade grown coffee means you are financially rewarding the farmers who have chosen to preserve forests and bird habitats

Outdoor Cats

Outdoor cats, whether feral or tame, kill birds at an alarming rate.

Header photo, 2019 Photography Awards, Fifth Place Honorable Mention Red-tailed Hawk pursuing Killdeer, by Demayne Murphy.

Positions of Chicago Audubon Society 2021

Oppose the Development of Bell Bowl Prairie

Cook County should change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day

Put the Forest Preserve Property Tax Referendum on the Ballot for November 2022 elections.

Support Bird Names for Birds campaign

Support 30x30 campaign:

Support SB 3471, the Partners for Nutrient Loss Reduction Act for better farming practices in Illinois

Chicago Environmental Justice issues:

Oppose proposed location of General Iron, oppose Confined Disposal Facility expansion, oppose current MAT asphalt location

Support bird habitat conservation and prairie restoration on MWRD lands

Support North Branch Park and Nature Preserve

Adopt current positions of Illinois Environmental Council