January 2023 |
Wed. Jan. 11 7:00 p.m. Live, in-person, at
Forest Park and via Zoom |
Brian "Fox" Ellis - Portrayal of Robert Ridgeway Peoria
Audubon joins the Peoria Park District to sponsor the
professional storyteller and historian Brian "Fox" Ellis in a
performance at Forest Park Nature Center.
"Fox" will be portraying Robert Ridgeway, an American
ornithologist that helped create the scientific classification
and study of birds.
“Fox” Ellis becomes Robert Ridgway, telling the story of
Ridgeway's transect of the western wilderness when he was still
a teenager, his life-long work at the Smithsonian Institution,
his birding trips into Central America and his journey across
Alaska.
Plans are to stream the live performance. Send email to
peoriaaudubon@gmail.com
for a link to join the performance. |
February 2023 |
Wed. Feb. 8 7:00 p.m. via
Zoom |
Rosemary Mosco - Science Writer, Naturalist & Cartoonist
Popular, best selling, science Writer, Naturalist, and
Educational Cartoonist
Rosemary Mosco will be meeting with us virtually to share
her thoughts and all the stories that go with nature and her
work.
Rosemary's Bird and
Moon nature comics won the National Cartoonists Society’s
award for Best Online Short Form Comic and were the subject of
an award-winning museum exhibit. She makes best-selling science
books for kids and adults and gives keynotes at birding
festivals. She’s written and drawn for The New York Times,
Audubon, PBS kids’ Elinor Wonders Why, Ranger Rick, and more.
Send email to
peoriaaudubon@gmail.com for a link to join the performance. |
Sat. Feb. 18 7:15 a.m. - around 1:00 or 2:00 in the early afternoon
Leave from Forest Park
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Field Trip to Emiquon and Other Nearby Birding Hotspots
With a goal of observing waterfowl along the Illinois River,
in particular Snow Geese and swans, we plan to car pool from
Forest Park Nature Center to the
Emiquon Preserve and other waterfowl rich habitats along the
way.
The field trip is free, but donations are appreciated.
There should be opportunities to ride with fellow birders as we
take in the richness of our home area. Between FRS radios
and cell phones we will take steps to keep our caravan of
birders together and informed.
Please RSVP with a phone number by email to
treasurer@peoriaaudubon.org. If there are any schedule
changes we will contact you directly. There is no fee, but
donations are appreciated, and will go to the chapter. |
March 2023 |
Wed. Mar. 8 at
Tawny Oaks
6:00 p.m. |
Woodcock Watch at
Tawny Oaks Field Station Last year, just after dusk, a
large group of birders showed up at for viewing woodcocks do
their sky dance. There was a huge flurry of woodcock
activity at about 6:17 p.m. Everyone got to see the
woodcocks do their dance.
Tawny Oaks Field Station will be open later than usual for
this special event.
Tawny Oaks on
Facebook. |
April 2023 |
Wed. April 12 7:00 p.m. via
Zoom |
Join Peoria Audubon for a discussion of "Fluddles." We
will have help from a number of Illinois wetland experts that
previously participated in a Zoom Conference regarding "Fluddles"
and the upcoming release of a film of the same name. We will
learn about just what is a Fluddle, why it is important, and
about the film.
You may remember Bob Dolgan, a Chicago-based nature
filmmaker, from a previous Peoria Audubon meeting, when he
showed his earlier film "Monty and Rose," about nesting Piping
Plovers on Montrose Beach in Chicago. Bob will moderate the zoom
broadcast, with help from other experts. Then, Bob will show the
trailer for the film "Fluddles",
which is expected to be released in the Fall of 2023.
end email to
peoriaaudubon@gmail.com for a link to join the performance. |
Sat. April 29 7:30 a.m. @ Moffitt Park/Chillicothe Bottoms |
Field trip to Chillicothe Bottoms We'll meet at the
parking area in Moffitt Park in Chillicothe (Google
Map to Parking Area) at 7:30 a.m. and hike the short
distance to the adjacent 240-acre wetland nature preserve Folks
should prepare for insects, potentially muddy and uneven trails
and close to a mile of walking. We should be done around
10:00 or 10:30 a.m. |
May 2023 |
Sat. May 6 |
Illinois 2021 Spring Bird Count Statewide survey of
birds. This bird count is timed to be at the peak of spring
migration. The Peoria Audubon Society organizes teams to
participate in the Statewide count. Contact Mike Miller at (309)
681-2858, Peoria County compiler, for more information and to
volunteer. |
Wed. May 10 7:00 p.m. Live, in-person, at
Forest Park and via Zoom |
Colin Dobson - Favorite Hotspots and Birds of Illinois
Please join us for an exciting evening at Forest Park Nature
center and streamed live via Zoom with Colin Dobson. Colin is a
frequent volunteer birding field guide for Illinois
Ornithological Society and Champaign Audubon in addition to
being a professional bird guide, author, and full time student &
researcher at the University of Illinois. |
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