FREE| 1:00PM - 2:00PM | Presenter: Judy Pollock

Organization: Chicago Bird Alliance

Meeting Location: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2nd floor

No Registration Required

Collaboration. Creativity. Abundance of birds. These are all hallmarks of the last 30 years in Chicago bird conservation. Our lakefront and large parks transformed from sterile lawns to thriving migrant habitats. In our forest preserves, fragmented hay fields and picnic groves became the state’s most successful breeding grounds for grassland birds. The nation’s first Lights Out program, the precursor to ebird, a city-endorsed Bird Agenda - all were products of the interactions of an inspired birding community and engaged public officials. Come and learn the history of many of the wonderful habitats we bird in today.