MAY BIRD CLUB MEETING
Tuesday, 5/26/2020, 6pm @ ONLINE
!!! This meeting will take place online !!! Click the orange link, below, to join.
EIU graduate student Caitlin Mrowiec returns to update us on her research regarding the winter flocks of crows in Charleston. She's collected another winter's worth of data since she visited us last, and will share some of her final results and findings.

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Please join us for
BIRD CLUB
Tuesday, October 29, 6pm
@ Douglas-Hart Nature Center
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Mark your calendars and invite your friends and neighbors!
 
EIU graduate student Caitlin Mrowiec will share pictures and stories from her current research on the massive flocks of crows that take up residency each year in Charleston.
 
Bird Club is open to adults with an interest in birds and the outdoors. There is no cost to attend meetings, and RSVP is not required. Share this invitation!

AUGUST MEETING:
Date: Tuesday, August 27 6pm
Location: Douglas-Hart Nature Center
Presenter: Samantha Pasko
Topic: Chickadees

Eastern Illinois University graduate student Samantha Pasko will share stories and findings from her local research conducted on chickadee nestlings!

Check out what Samantha has to say about her presentation: "With animal behavior and ecology being my primary career focuses, I have chosen a masters thesis project focusing on native chickadee hybridization. I study two local species that overlap in territory, thus creating a contact zone. Within this zone, these two species breed with each other and create hybrid offspring. My project is studying behavior, morphological, and genetic characteristics of these two chickadee species. I am able to differentiate between hybrid birds and pure individuals. Research like this gives us the ability to better understand these species, as well as their populations as a whole."

Samantha will be sharing pictures and stories from her research, and will be setting up a mist net at Douglas-Hart to show us how she captures and handles birds, hopefully with LIVE wild birds to demonstrate on! ​

BIRD CLUB MEETING:
Presenter: Tim Zgonina
Date: Tuesday, May 28th @ 6pm
Location: Douglas-Hart Nature Center

Spring is for the songbirds! Bird Club member and talented photographer Tim Zgonina will be back to share more of his amazing bird photography - this time of the little ones: "Songbirds!"

Warblers and more will make for a colorful slideshow that everyone will enjoy.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Bird Club meetings are for adult birders of all experience levels to share sightings, questions, and news.
We would love to have you join us!

BIRD CLUB MEETING:
Date: Tuesday, April 30th @ 6pm
Location: Douglas-Hart Nature Center

We'll start the meeting with a quick review of some of the warblers that are migrating through our area. Then, we'll hit the Douglas-Hart trails for a group bird walk to practice our skills and share sightings. The walk will be on flat surfaces at a slow pace and is highly accessible.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Bird Club meetings are for adult birders of all experience levels to share sightings, questions, and news.
We would love to have you join us!

THURSDAY MORNING BIRD WALKS:
Every Thursday in May and April, 8a.m. 
Location: Douglas-Hart Nature Center

This is your chance to see those birds who may be here one week but gone the next. Led by Bird Club member and knowledgeable bird-enthusiast James Ewing, the group walks the trails at a leisurely pace in search of everything from common backyard birds to those amazing migratory warblers. Open to birders of all experience levels!

Light refreshments served at the end of the walk.

BIRD CLUB MEETING:
"Shorebirds and Waders"
Presenter: Tim Zgonina
Date: Tuesday, March 26th @ 6pm
Location: Douglas-Hart Nature Center

Tim Zgonina is a Bird Club member and talented photographer. His "Shorebirds and Waders" photography slideshow will draw from his library of past photographs and new shots from a recent trip to Florida. Birders of all experience levels are sure to enjoy these portraits and insights into the lives of these long-legged, water-loving birds!

Light refreshments will be provided.

Bird Club meetings are open to birders of all experience levels. We would love to have you join us!

BIRD CLUB MEETING:
"Challenge of Photographing Birds"
Presenter: Donald E. Chamberlain
Date: Tuesday, February 26th @ 6pm
Location: Douglas-Hart Nature Center

Don Chamberlain is a retired biology teacher who specializes in photographing historical sites as well as wildlife (mostly birds). His bird photographs have been featured on FIVE Illinois Audubon Magazine covers.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Bird Club meetings are open to birders of all experience levels. We would love to have you join us!