About #citybirds
Mission
To raise awareness of Chicagoland’s bird population and make environmental science more accessible through project-based community learning opportunities while providing technological support to local research and conservation efforts.
Vision
A city where all residents are informed about local bird populations and understand how to support them—facilitated by a hub for individuals, from students to professionals in technology and environmental fields, to develop new tools and methodologies for environmental education, innovation, research, & conservation.
Current Projects
- The Chicagoland Bird Migration Monitoring Network
- Wings Over the Windy City
- Grosbeak Bioacoustic Microphone
- Chicago Night Heron Decoys
Long Term Goals
- To build a community of practice supporting bird conservation using open-sourced technologies.
- To establish an Environmental Technology Center in Chicago
- To support campaigns for building bird awareness in Chicago
People
- J'orge Garcia - Director
- Benjamin M. Van Doren - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Partner
- Sara Lipshultz and Madison Chudzik - Duke University - Partner
- Advisors
- Jacob Drucker - Field Museum and the University of Chicago
- Sammy Cabindol - Forest Preserves of Cook County
- Dan Meyers - Argonne National Laboratory
- Fiscal Sponsor
- Pending
Contact
- General Inbox: migration@citybirds.info
- Instagram: @citybirds.info