To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, COS recognizes the women in conservation who are helping make the field more inclusive for all.
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Learn how to participate in the 2024 Great Chicago Backyard Bird Count.
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Please read this call to action and help us demand the implementation of the City of Chicago’s sustainable development policy that would require new projects through the Department of Planning and Development to meet bird-friendly design standards.
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Shelley Weinberg watches the animated film Migration and let’s us know whether this ducky movie sinks or swims.
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Writer Andrea Martinez takes a look at the Endangered Species Act on the 50th anniversary of its passing.
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Eric Houghton walks us back through 2023 to remember the year that was in the Chicago birding world.
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Kris Hansen dives into the ins and outs of the very human practice of feeding our wild feathered friends.
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Kris Hansen chats with COS committee chairs to summarize the organization’s accomplishments for 2023.
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Shelley Weinberg shares her recent journey to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area to see the spectacle of the Sandhill Crane fall congregation.
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The COS editorial team shares its picks for the best 2023 holiday gifts for birders hunkered down this winter.
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In his latest installment of Birding Through the Year, David Hoyt shares a personal, cultural, and scientific journey of coming to know the mysterious nightjar.
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Writer Patricia O’Donnell helps us celebrate the bird of the hour: America’s triumphant wild turkey.
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Field trip leader David Rupp recaps the November 2 COS field trip to Humboldt Park.
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In time for Turkey Day, writer Katie Larson writes about her fondness for the Turkey Vulture, a very neat bird.
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COS member and field trip leader Jorge Garcia writes about Riis Park and two of this year’s community events held there, including a bird walk facilitated by COS.
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It's Christmas Bird Count season! With well near a dozen counts happening throughout the Chicagoland area, how does one get started? We've got you covered!
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COS board member and field trip leader Robyn Detterline recaps the October 28 Dunning Transit Hike at the Read Dunning Memorial Park, Dunning Read Natural Area, and Mount Olive Cemetery.
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Eric Houghton takes the role of himself, a birder in the 21st century, and gives Hitchock’s 1963 classic The Birds a view.
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On October 18, the Bird Friendly Chicago coalition met with leadership from Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) and McCormick Place. Here are some takeaways from that meeting and next steps for action.
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