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Keep watching, as events will be added throughout the year
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September 2025 |
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Wed., Sept. 10 7:00 p.m.
Streamed via Zoom Only
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Kirsten Hill: Bird Friendly Coffee and Sustainable
Conservation Kirsten Hill, Program Manager from the Smithsonian Institution, will enlighten us the on 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! Send email to peoriaaudubon@gmail.com for link to the event! |
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Sat., Sept. 13 Starting at 9:00 a.m. at
Forest Park
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Coffee Tasting Event at Forest Park - FREE Several Peoria Audubon members, in association with the American Birding Association, purchased a limited supply of Bird Friendly Coffee for FREE tasting at Forest Park Nature Center in Peoria Heights. We will be brewing coffee for people to come as you are and have a taste on us. Simply stop in the FPNC building and have a taste to experience the benefits and flavour. We will start brewing at 9:00 AM, when FPNC opens. |
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October 2025 |
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Wed., Oct. 8 7:00 p.m. Live at FPNC
and Streamed via Zoom
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Management of Local Lakes and Birding Hotspots - Thad Cook Join us in-person at FPNC for an evening with Thad Cook, Site Supervisor of several local lakes and birding hotspots. Thad is with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). Thad will discuss recent developments and will answer your questions abour our local IDNR resources. Send email to peoriaaudubon@gmail.com for link to the event! |
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November 2025 |
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| Wed. Nov. 12 7:00 p.m. Live at FPNC and Streamed via Zoom |
Peoria Wilds - Mike Miller Join us in-person for an evening at FPNC with Mike Miller as he enlightens us with the current projects and benefits of working with peoriawilds.org - a local organization of land stewards dedicated to conservation and restoring natural habitat. Send email to peoriaaudubon@gmail.com for link to the event! |
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December 2025 |
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Wed., Dec. 10, 7:00 p.m. Live at
Forest Park and streamed via Zoom
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A Big Year: Tarik Shahzad and Government Affairs: Ashley
Maybanks
Join us, as Tarik Shazad tells us all about his big year of birding in Cook County and as Ashley Maybanks updates us about the inner workings environmental advocacy. In 2024, Tarik embarked on a Cook County Birding 'Big Year,' breaking the record with 294 species. |