From 10:00 a.m. to approximately 3:00 p.m.  North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N. Pulaski Road, Building D. This is Chicago Audubon's annual visit from the largest independent dealer of high quality binoculars, scopes, and all types of optical equipment. A variety of equipment will be on display and experts will be available all day to answer questions and give guidance. This event is open to the public. If you have questions or need directions, call our office at (773) 539-6793. Bring family and friends!

CHICAGO AUDUBON BIRD WALKS EVERY SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AT 8:00 a.m. Meet at the North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 North Pulaski Road, Building D. It will be migration time and the birds will be passing through! Please join us to walk through the beautiful autumn woods surrounding the Nature Center. All levels of birders are welcome. Membership with Chicago Audubon is not required to attend these walks. If you have questions or need directions, please call the Chicago Audubon office at 773-539-6793.

This Walk will take place on Eagle Optics Day at the incredible Montrose Point Magic Hedge on the lakefront. Be sure to dress for the early morning chill. Meet at Montrose Point at 7:00 a.m. to view many migratory birds, then leave Montrose around 9:30 for North Park Village Nature Center to warm up with hot coffee, tea, and some bird talk. Then starting around 10:00 a.m., enjoy Eagle Optics Day right there in the Nature Center.

We'll be searching for late migrant warblers, flycatchers, sparrows, early waterfowl, and year round resident birds. Wear hiking boots (we'll be walking on paved and unpaved paths), bring binoculars. The walk will last about 2 hours. Meet in the parking lot of the Boathouse at the far end of the Busse Woods Boating Center entrance. The entrance is just west of the new bridge over Higgins Road, and just east of I-290/IL 53. Walk leader and contact is Alan Anderson. Maximum is 15 participants.

We'll be searching for late migrant warblers, flycatchers, sparrows, early waterfowl, and year round resident birds. Wear hiking boots (trails can be wet) and bring binoculars. The first half of the trip will be around the lake and Des Plaines Rivers. For the second half we'll be walking in the woods and on the bicycle path. Meet at the picnic shelter on the right/north, after you enter the preserve.

CHICAGO AUDUBON BIRD WALKS EVERY SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AT 8:00 a.m. Meet at the North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 North Pulaski Road, Building D. It will be migration time and the birds will be passing through! Please join us to walk through the beautiful autumn woods surrounding the Nature Center. All levels of birders are welcome. Membership with Chicago Audubon is not required to attend these walks. If you have questions or need directions, please call the Chicago Audubon office at 773-539-6793.

The Forest Preserves of Cook County are throwing a party and everyone is invited. Join the celebration of nearly 70,000 acres of public land on National Public Lands Day with our first Party for the Preserves. Five camp locations will have activities throughout the day with varying starting times and will include activites such as log-carving, shelter building, native plant hike, firewood splitting, and many others.

Skokie Lagoons Bird Walk, Winnetka.  The Walk will last about two hours, but because this walk is on a weekday, join us for as long as you can and leave early if you need to get to work. Meet at the Forest Preserve parking lot north of Willow Road, just east of the Edens Expressway in Winnetka. Keep checking this website (chicagoaudubon.org) for confirmation in case we need to change the starting time or location.

CHICAGO AUDUBON BIRD WALKS EVERY SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AT 8:00 a.m. Meet at the North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 North Pulaski Road, Building D. It will be migration time and the birds will be passing through! Please join us to walk through the beautiful autumn woods surrounding the Nature Center. All levels of birders are welcome. Membership with Chicago Audubon is not required to attend these walks. If you have questions or need directions, please call the Chicago Audubon office at 773-539-6793.

Meet at the Bemis Woods parking lot on the west side of Wolf Road, south of 31st Street and north of Ogden in Western Springs. Walk leader and contact: Doug Stotz, [email protected]. You do not need to be a member of Chicago Audubon to join our walks!

Dear Skokie Lagoons volunteers: We regret that the second Saturday habitat restoration workday planned for September 10 must be canceled due to scheduling conflicts. We look forward to seeing you at our next second Saturday workday on October 8 (posted by Skokie Lagoons Volunteer Stewards Dave, Daniel, and Gary).

CHICAGO AUDUBON BIRD WALKS EVERY SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AT 8:00 a.m. Meet at the North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 North Pulaski Road, Building D. It will be migration time and the birds will be passing through! Please join us to walk through the beautiful autumn woods surrounding the Nature Center. All levels of birders are welcome. Membership with Chicago Audubon is not required to attend these walks. If you have questions or need directions, please call the Chicago Audubon office at 773-539-6793.

This will be a typical fall bird walk targeting migrating songbirds. Please contact Craig Stettner at [email protected] or (847) 239-3765 for more information. 

CHICAGO AUDUBON BIRD WALKS EVERY SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AT 8:00 a.m. Meet at the North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 North Pulaski Road, Building D. It will be migration time and the birds will be passing through! Please join us to walk through the beautiful autumn woods surrounding the Nature Center. All levels of birders are welcome. Membership with Chicago Audubon is not required to attend these walks. If you have questions or need directions, please call the Chicago Audubon office at 773-539-6793.

CHICAGO AUDUBON BIRD WALKS EVERY SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER BIRD AT 8:00 a.m.. Come to the North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 North Pulaski Road, Building D. It will be migration time and the birds will be passing through! Please join us to walk through the beautiful autumn woods surrounding the Nature Center. All levels of birders are welcome. Membership with Chicago Audubon is not required to attend these walks. If you have questions or need directions, please call the Chicago Audubon office at 773-539-6793.

Take advantage of this opportunity to bird with local experts at one of the least visited of Chicago’s South Side birding hotspots. Come see what you've been missing and lend a hand with the ongoing restoration effort. For directions and more information, go to: http://chicagobirder.org/event/give-back-to-birds-work-day-and-bird-walk....

 7:00 a.m. - Bird Walk with Geoffrey & Christine Williamson.

 9:00 a.m. - Snack break, followed by habitat restoration (primarily seed collection) and trash pick up.

Cosponsored by Bird Conservation Network, Chicago Ornithological Society and Sierra Chicago Group. Contact: Christine Williamson, (773) 415-5217, [email protected].

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Walk will last about two hours, but because this walk is on a weekday, join us for as long as you can and leave early if you need to get to work.

See homepage for details.

Vern Kleen, one of only three licensed hummingibrd banders in the state of Illinois, will conduct the capture and banding of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at two different sites on August 20. Pick one and come learn about the life history of hummingbirds, why they are banded and how one can “adopt” one at these family-friendly events.

LEMONT, ILLINOIS - Sagawau Environmental Learning Center (August 20). The Will County Audubon Society and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County are sponsoring a Hummingbird Festival at the Sagawau Environmental Learning Center in Lemont, Illinois. The event will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. The highlight of the festival will be the capture and banding of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, our smallest North American bird. This hummingbird banding will be conducted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. only. Details of the hummingbird festival can be found at the Illinois Audubon Society (IAS) web site (www.illinoisaudubon.org). As you enter Sagawau Environmental Learning Center, you will experience the hummingbird migration route. If you complete this entire route, you will be given a raffle ticket which makes you eligible to win a hummingbird feeder. There will also be hummingbird arts and crafts for kids, viewing the World of Hummers, the hummingbird slide show, hummer movies and live hummer viewing.

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center is located at 12545 West 111th Street, which is 100 yards east of Archer Ave., or four miles west of LaGrange Rd. on Rt. 83 near Lemont, Illinois. Food vendors will not be present at the Hummingbird Festival, but you are welcome to bring snacks and beverages (no alcohol), and water. Clean indoor restrooms are available. The Learning Center phone is (630) 257-2045. Bring family and friends!  

BEECHER, ILLINOIS - Plum Creek Nature Center (August 20).  This is Thorn Creek Audubon's Annual  Hummingbirds Up Close! Learn about Hummingbirds and see them at close range.  Hummingbirds will be captured and banded by Vern Kleen. The Hummingbird’s weight, sex and other measurements are recorded, and an official band is attached to each bird’s leg. Banding will take place between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. Participants will have an opportunity to adopt a Hummingbird by making a $5.00 donation to the Lincolnland Association of Birdbanders. Donors will receive a special adoption certificate with the information about their bird.

The Plum Creek Nature Center is located in Beecher at 27064 South Dutton Road, one mile east of south I-394 on Goodenow (Pauline) Road. Turn north and follow to Preserve entrance. The winding road will take you to the parking area. The Nature Center phone is (708) 946-2216. Bring family and friends!

```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

The Walk will last about two hours, but because this walk is on a weekday, join us for as long as you can and leave early if you need to get to work. Meet at the Forest Preserve parking lot north of Willow Road, just east of the Edens Expressway in Winnetka.

Learn to identify birds by their behavior, field marks, and habitat on this guided walk. Bring your binoculars or borrow a pair of ours. For adults and children 10 years old and up. The Museum is located at 738 Thatcher Ave in River Forest; the Museum phone is 708-366-6530. Walk leader and contact:  John Elliott, [email protected]; 708-567-4363.

Meet at Clarence Darrow Bridge, just south of the Museum of Science and Industry. These wonderful walks are sponsored by Chicago Audubon and continue every Saturday throughout the year (weather permitting). Bring binoculars, field guides and dress for the weather. For details and directions, contact Pat Durkin at [email protected]. Everyone is welcome!

Meet at Clarence Darrow Bridge, just south of the Museum of Science and Industry. These wonderful walks are sponsored by Chicago Audubon and continue every Saturday throughout the year (weather permitting). Bring binoculars, field guides and dress for the weather. For details and directions, contact Pat Durkin at [email protected]. Everyone is welcome!