The Evanston North Shore Bird Club

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PROGRAM: MALAWI

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

 

Malawi calls itself "the warm heart of Africa."  John Bates will present on decade long collaborations with colleagues from the National Museums of Malawi to study the population structure of Malawian birds, and what has been learned to help with conservation there.

John is the Rowe Family Curator of Evolutionary Biology, Birds, at the Nagaunee Integrative Research Center of the Field Museum of Natural History.

Program at 7:30 p.m.

Location: Robert Crown Community Center, Room B, 1801 Main St, Evanston

 

 

Program: Adventures with Raptors

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

 

Join us for an evening with Vic Berardi, the founder of the Illinois Beach State Park Hawkwatch that is celebrating its 25th anniversary of full-time raptor migration monitoring. The Illinois Beach State Park Hawkwatch began in the year 2000. Vic is also a co-founder of the Fort Sheridan Hawkwatch that began in 2013. He is also well respected for his photography, especially his photographs of raptors.

 

Vic will share his experiences from when he first got interested in the natural world, his early interests in photography and when he first got captivated by raptor migration. He will share many of his photos and the stories behind them taken during migration, the breeding season and also during winter.

 

Program at 7:30 p.m.

Location: Robert Crown Community Center, Room B, 1801 Main St, Evanston