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Kirsten Hill: 

Benefits of Bird Friendly Coffee

 

Wednesday, September 10 @ 7:00 p.m. CDT

 Live-streamed on Zoom ONLY

 Send email to peoriaaudubon@gmail.com for link to live-stream

Join us, as we start another season of Peoria Audubon meetings, with Kirsten Hill, Program Manager from the Smithsonian Institution, as she enlightens us on the benefits of their Bird Friendly Coffee Program.  And, how drinking coffee that is certified by the Smithsonian Institution as Bird Friendly has major benefits to conservation and migrating birds as well as tasting great! 

  • In 1996, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (SMBC) organized and hosted the First Sustainable Coffee Congress.
  • The 3-day Sustainable Coffee Congress brought together 270 people from 19 different countries
  • Smithsonian went on develop the world’s first and only 100% shade-grown and 100% organic coffee certification: Bird Friendly® Coffee. This seal of approval ensures tropical "agroforests" and the critical habitats they provide migratory birds are preserved
  • More than 1150 growers of Bird Friendly® coffee worldwide

Smithsonian Bird Friendly Coffee Program

 

"With this pioneering program that focuses on small producers with organic certification—and many who are Fair Trade certified as well—Bird Friendly coffee supports fair and stable prices for coffee producers, healthy environments for communities, greater biodiversity and protection for bird habitats, and equal access to markets for Bird Friendly coffee producers."

 

What is Bird Friendly Coffee?

   

Meeting will be ONLY be available as a live-stream

 - Send email to peoriaaudubon@gmail.com for link to live-stream

 

Keep watching our Calendar of Events for the latest updated information on meetings, field trips and special events. 

 

Peoria Audubon meetings always feature timely topics and everyone is welcome.  And, the meetings are always FREE!

 

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Public is Always Welcome

Meetings are free and open to the public


 

Monthly meetings of Peoria Audubon Society are held at 

Forest Park Nature Center in Peoria Heights.

 

 

Peoria Audubon Society   

Local Natural Areas Open to Public for Birding

The Peoria Audubon Society is inviting members and visitors on to its conservation properties. The Oak Bluff Savanna Nature Preserve and the Brimfield Railroad Prairie Nature Preserve are now birding hotspots open for public birding.

 

The Oak Bluff Savanna Nature Preserve is a 22-acre high quality oak woodlands, savanna and hill prairie in Marshall County. It is located about 4 miles southwest of Henry, Illinois; 2 miles west of Route 29 on County Road 1150N. Dozens of warbler species may be found in the preserve during spring and fall migration. Resident birds such as Eastern Bluebird, Indigo Bunting and Baltimore Orioles can be found nesting on the site. Bird Surveys have shown over 150 species of birds utilize this natural area.

 

Oak Bluff Savanna Nature Preserve

 

The Brimfield Railroad Prairie Nature Preserve is a 6-acre restored native prairie in Peoria County. It is a ½ mile long strip near Brimfield that was once railroad right of way, located at 18320 W Forney Road, Brimfield. The Jubilee Prairie Dawgs, a volunteer group dedicated to native prairie restoration, have partnered with Peoria Audubon Society to help maintain this prairie. It contains over 100 native prairie plant species, which are a critical part of the food web for many species of birds, butterflies and bees.

 

Black Swallowtail on Thistle at Brimfield RR Prairie Nature Preserve

 

Both of these high quality habitats are listed as protected lands by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission to assist with the protection of high quality natural areas and habitats of endangered and threatened species.  Peoria Audubon Society is committed to long term conservation of these areas and is excited to share them with the public.

 

Peoria Audubon Society encourages visitors to record their bird sightings on these properties at eBird.org. Both nature preserves are listed as public birding hotspots. The nature preserves are open for hiking, viewing and enjoying the natural areas. No camping, no fires, no hunting or fishing, no collecting, and no restroom facilities are available.

Visitors are asked to follow “Leave no Trace” principles when visiting Peoria Audubon properties, or any natural area.

 

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Keep watching the Calendar of Events  for details on Peoria Audubon and other local activities.  The public are always welcome!  We would like to see you there!

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