Bird Club Meetings

The Evanston North Shore Bird Club has monthly membership meetings every fourth Tuesday of the month, September through April ( no December meeting) at 7:30 p.m. at the Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd., corner of Bridge St., in Evanston. For directions to program meetings on meeting nights, call the Ecology Center at 847-448-8256.

For general information about ENSBC, call Libby Hill at 847-475-2096 or Joel Greenberg, at 630-725-9416.

September 28, 2010 PROGRAM: "Member's Night" This night is for members to share their birding memories with the rest of the group. If you’d like to show your pictures/videos from your latest birding trip, please contact Brian Herriott at wrybill@sbcglobal.net. Each presentation is limited to 10 minutes.

October 26, 2010 PROGRAM: "Birding Conservation Issues Facing Us Today" Fellow ENSBC member Donnie Dann will cover the current threats to birds including habitat loss, feral cats, wind turbines, etc. but will also update us on the latest success stories in local bird conservation.

November 23, 2010 PROGRAM "Wintering Raptors in Illinois" Vic Berardi, who runs the Hawk Watch at Illinois Beach State Park North Unit, will talk to us about winterin raptors in Illinois and surrounding areas, which hawks and eagles can be found within 4 hours of the Chicago area, and where to look for them.

January 25, 2011 PROGRAM: "Of Birds and Murder: The Life of Nathan Leopold" Joel Greenberg will introduce the birding life of Nathan Leopold. Of all the people born in the United States who went on to study birds, Nathan Leopold is arguably the most famous. Unfortunately, however, Nathan’s fame rests on his participation, with Richard Loeb, in the 1924 murder of young Bobby Franks. All previous accounts have glossed over Leopold’s passion for birds. This talk emphasizes Leopold's ornithological work, which did influence aspects of the crime and facilitated his arrest. He was eventually paroled and served at a hospital in Puerto Rico, where he published "The Birds of Puerto Rico."

February 22, 2011 PROGRAM "Birding Goes High Tech" Matthew Cvetas will cover the wealth of resources available to birders on the internet and via technology.

March 22, 2011 PROGRAM "Shorebird Identification" Walter Marcisz, an ENSBC favorite speaker, will give us an in-depth discussion on the different shorebird species that migrate through the Chicago region.

April 26, 2011 PROGRAM "Women Out Birding" A panel discussion A panel of local women birders will discuss how they personally came to birding and the history of women in birding/ornithology. A sequel to last year’s “The Nature of Birding,” during which four men discussed aspects of their personal birding history, this panel will be composed of women birders and ornithologists: Carolyn Fields, Nan Buckhardt, Ann Buckhardt, Jenny Vogt and another TBA. Moderator: Libby Hill

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