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Keep watching, as events will be added throughout the year
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February 2025 |
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Wed., Feb. 12 7:00 p.m. Live at Forest
Park and Streamed via Zoom
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Dr. Anant Deshwal: The Effect of Urbanization on Common
Nighthawk Populations in Central Illinois Professor Anant Deshwal will be with us from Bradley University to present his recent research on "The Effect of Urbanization on Common Nighthawk Populations in Central Illinois |
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March 2025 |
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Wed., March 5 @ 5:45 p.m CST
Arrive just before dusk |
Woodcock Watch at Tawny Oaks Field Station
Pete Fenner and Mike Miller will lead a Woodcock Watch at the Peoria Park District property: Tawny Oaks Field Station. Dress warm for a walk around the prairie property at Tawny Oaks to listen, and hopefully watch American Woodcock perform their annual spring courtship displays. Arrive before dusk as the Woodcocks will be active around, and just after sunset, which is "officially" according to Google, at 5:55 p.m. CST. In the evening at Tawny Oaks, restroom facilities are scheduled to be closed. |
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April 2025 |
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Wed., Apr. 9 7:00 p.m. Live at
Forest Park and streamed via Zoom
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Paul Resnick: A Little Patch of Prairie: Opening our Lawns to
Native Plants Join us at Forest Park Nature Center as Master Naturalist Paul Resnick presents a program, along with recommendations, guidance and instruction, on how to open up our lawns to native prairie plants. And, learn about all the benefits. |
May 2025 |
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| Wed., May 14 7:00 p.m. Streamed via Zoom
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Mary Hennen: Peregrine Falcons - Their History and Their Comeback
Join us on Zoom as Mary Hennen, Assistant Birds Collection Manager at the Chicago Field Museum, will enlighten us about peregrine falcons in Illinois and beyond. According to Mary, "...as recently as 1960's, Peregrines had been extirpated east of the Rockies... With the recovery of the species, the Chicago Peregrine Program now directs it's focus towards monitoring Peregrines in Illinois." |