Fridays at Skokie Lagoons, Winnetka. These Friday trips pack a great list of warbler species during spring migration. Meet at 7:30 a.m. at Erickson Woods Forest Preserve parking lot. Turn north into the parking lot from Willow Rd. just east of the Edens Expressway. Leaders: Libby Hill and Nancy Halliday..

Ryerson! New Trip. Meet at 8:00 AM at Brushwood Center Parking lot for Ryerson woods spring migration walk. Register with libbyhill@comcast.net.  Leader:  John Leonard

Gillson Park.  Sponsored by our partner Go Green Wilmette, Meet at 8 a.m.at the Wildflower Garden near the Coast Guard Station.. Parking is available for non-residents of Wilmette through May. For more information, contact Go Green Wilmette -

Walk the north birding loop of Canal Shores Golf Course. Meet at 7:30 a.m. by the 10th hole tee on Maple Ave, Wilmette, just west of the canal. There is four hours of free parking on Maple in that area.  Registration Required: email Matt Rooney matthewarooney@gmail.com

Air Station Prairie and Techny North.  Meet at 8 a.m. at t he west side of the parking lot across the street (Compass Road) from the Air Station Prairie Interpretive Center. We will look for early migrants including shorebirds, especially Wilson's Snipe there and at Techny North.  Registration required.  Register with Libbyhill@comcast.net.  Leader:  John Leonard.

Air Station Prairie Woodcocks.  Come out to see the spectacular aerial displays of the American Woodcock at dusk!  The Air Station Prairie in Glenview is a great location for these displays and we may even spot a woodcock on the ground. Meet on the deck of the interpretive center at 6:40 pm.  The parking lot is across the street on Compass Road. Registration required.  Register with libbyhill@comcast.net.

Leader: Jeff Sanders

Air Station Prairie Woodcocks.  Come out to see the spectacular aerial displays of the American Woodcock at dusk!  The Air Station Prairie in Glenview is a great location for these displays and we may even spot a woodcock on the ground. Meet on the deck of the interpretive center at 5:45 pm.  The parking lot is across the street on Compass Road. Registration required.  Register with libbyhill@comcast.net.  Leader:  John Leonard

NOTE TIME CHANGE!

"Our Calumet Area, Dynamic Changes":  Stephanie Beilke, Carl Giometti, Dan Lory, Walter Marcisz. What's been happening in the way of improvements and innovations in the Calumet region during the past five years? Our panel will discuss some of the many exciting recent developments, to include: a brief history of Calumet birding/conservation; the much-anticipated November, 2021 opening of the Ford Calumet Environmental Center; the 2021 COS Calumet Initiative; the Big Marsh MAPS banding station; and the 2021 Motus tower installation at Big Marsh. All of the presenters are current or former COS board members, and all are enthusiastic Calumet area birders! Stephanie Beilke also notably serves as Senior Manager, Conservation Science for Audubon Great Lakes. 

The ENSBC Christmas Count will be coordinated by John Leonard.  To participate, contact him at 

jleonard5440@gmail.com.

There will be no in-person countdown party this year, again, because of Covid-19, but John plans to host an online Countdown. 

Joel Greenberg will coordinate the Feeder Count.  (Some forms will be available at Wild Birds Unlimited at 1460 Waukegan Road in Glenview.)  Please email the results of your feeder count to 

 joelrgreenberg@gmail.com

Feeder Count Form below

EVANSTON NORTH SHORE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT

Sunday December 26, 2021

Your Name    _______________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________

Phone # _____________________________________________________

E-mail ____________________________________________________

Time spent watching feeders__________________________________

Species                                                            Number of Individuals

Canada Goose_____________________________________________

Mallard___________________________________________________

Cooper’s Hawk____________________________________________

Red-tailed hawk______________________________________________

Mourning Dove_____________________________________________

N Flicker____________________________________________________

Hairy Woodpecker___________________________________________

Red-bellied Woodpecker_________________________________________

Downy Woodpecker ____________________________________________

Blue Jay _____________________________________________________

Crow______________________________________________________

Black-capped Chickadee______________________________________

White-breasted Nuthatch______________________________________

Red-breasted Nuthatch_______________________________________

Robin____________________________________________________

Cedar Waxwing_______________________________________________

Starling______________________________________________________

House Sparrow_________________________________________________

Cardinal_______________________________________________________

American Goldfinch_____________________________________________

House Finch__________________________________________________

Dark-eyed Junco___________________________________________

OTHER _________________________________________________________

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