The Chicago Ornithological Society Board of Directors cordially invites you to our Annual Member Meeting on Thursday, January 21st at 6pm CT! Join us as we celebrate our many accomplishments in 2020, review a wild year of birding, share exclusive member-only offers, announce exciting new plans for the new year, and much more!

Naturally, this year's celebration will be taking place virtually. The event is free and open to all but RSVP is required. Once you do so, a link will be emailed to you which can be used to join at any point during the event.

Need to step away for dinner, to refill your drink, or check your feeders? No problem! Participants are free to come and go as they please. We hope to see you for as much as your schedule allows!

The event schedule is as follows (times are subject to some change based on real time flow of sessions)

Agenda:

• Welcome + Bird Trivia! (6pm - 6:10)

• President’s Update (6:10 - 6:30)

• 2020 Year In Review (6:30 - 6:50)

• Bird Trivia II! (6:50 - 6:55)

• Breakout Sessions (6:55 - 7:30)

  • LaBagh Restoration Project

  • Calumet Bird Banding and Restoration

  • Bird Safe Buildings Update

• LaBagh Awards, COS Awards and COS 2021 Plans (7:30 - 7:50)

• Bird Trivia III! (7:50 - 7:55)

• New Board of Directors + Closing Remarks (7:55 - 8:00)

• BYOB Networking