Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month, starting at 7:30 p.m.  Meetings take place at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Fullerton Parkway at Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park).  We usually meet in the McCormick Room on the third floor.  Parking is available on either side of Cannon Drive just north of the museum's main entrance, and during the winter in the lot across from the museum entrance.

November 14, 2011 -- Openlands Lakeshore Preserve.  Jerry Adelmann, President and CEO of Openlands, will discuss Chicago area restoration projects, with the focus on the restoration of the McCormick Ravine at Fort Sheridan into the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve.  See under field trips our visit to the grand opening of the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve on Saturday September 10, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  There will also be a mini-programs on bird calls and songs.

December 12, 2011 -- Members' Night and Holiday Party.  Bring a treat to share and be prepared to discuss the highlights of your 2011 birding year.  Slides or internet photo downloads acceptable.  Please contact Mark Luscombe at 847-267-2440 if you would like to participate and to state whether you wish to use slides or internet pictures.  Member presentations will be supplemented with a showing of the DVD Ghost Birds, the quest to find a living Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

January 9, 2012 -- African Wildlife by Nancy Swanstrom.  Nancy Swanstrom will be presenting a program on African Wildlife.  Since retiring from a career as an education administrator, Nancy and her husband Tom have been doing frequent traveling and are avid birders. The evening will also include a mini-program on bird songs and calls.

February 13, 2012 -- Birds of Ecuador by Mark Luscombe.  Mark Luscombe will be presenting a program on Birding in Ecuador.  Mark traveled to Ecuador and Peru in December, 2010 and January, 2011.  The program will include the cloud forest birding area of Mindo, one of the top birding destinations in the world, and the rivers and jungles of the Amazon basin.  There will also be a mini-program on bird songs and calls.

March 12, 2012 -- The Ornithology Collection of the Chicago Academy of Sciences by Dawn Roberts.  Dawn Roberts, Collections Manager for the Chicago Academy of Sciences, will speak on the Ornithology Collection of the Chicag Academy of Sciences and the Birds of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. There will also be a mini-program on bird songs and calls.