Windy City Bird Lab
Environmental technology projects supporting science, community, education, and the conservation of birds.

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03
Apr

CBA's North Park Village Birding: Kicking off Spring 2025

Hello North Park Village Birders, This spring reminds me in many ways of the confusing Spring of 2020. It'
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31
Jan

Introducing: Windy City Bird Lab

💲Donate 🐦 A message from J'orge Garcia As taxonomic creatures who love to categorize everything, the beauty of life
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20
Sep

NPV Birding: After The Urban Birding Festival

⚠️Migration Alert for the night of 20 Sep 2024 The BirdCast model predicts high-intensity bird migration over the Chicago region
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13
Sep

NPV Birding: Bird Walk for The Urban Birding Festival

Rain was off and on the forecast for this weekend's inaugural Urban Birding Festival, and it's
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10
May

NPV Birding: Spring Bird Count and Chicago's Bird Festival

Illinois Spring Bird Count at North Park A special thanks to all those who joined us on May 4th. Our
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03
May

NPV Birding: Southerly winds

A note to those missing eBird checklists. We had a small mishap when adding folks through the app in our
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26
Apr

NPV Birding: Occupied Nests

Sure signs of spring during last week's walk at North Park Village. From redbud trees beginning to flower
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19
Apr

NPV Birding: A Northern Pintail and other oddities

Our first two walks of the season at North Park Village are in the books with over 30 species each!
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24
Mar

North Park Village Birding: Maple Season Updates

The Maple Tree Fest Bird Walk and a Praire Makeover It was good to see that a few folks took
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09
Mar

Let's go birding.

Hello, reader. This is a strange late winter and spring is right around the corner. TinyLetter shut down recently. Welcome