On Saturday July 17th we will hold the McDonough County The 4th of July butterfly count. This program has been held annually since 1975, when only 29 counts were held across the entire continent. Volunteers around North American select a count area with a 15-mile diameter and conduct a 1-day census of all butterflies observed [...]
Due to rain we have rescheduled this trip to Tuesday July 13th.
Instead of our Tuesday chapter meeting for June we will have a field trip to the Illinois Audubon Society property at Wigwam Hollow to check the property and clean out the nest boxes. We will meet at 6pm along the Wigwam Hollow [...]
Volunteers are needed for this year’s Spring Bird Count on Saturday, May 8th. David & Heidi Benson will once again serve as the coordinator for the McDonough County count. Everyone, experts and amateurs alike, are invited to assist with the count. New participants are asked to contact Dave or Heidi at 836-6233. All of those [...]
Western Prairie Audubon is presenting a program by Ed and Evelyn Franks entitled “Birding in Costa Rica” at 7pm on April 13th at the Macomb City Hall Community Room. Ed and Eveyln have offered to give a presentation on a birding trip they took to Costa Rica 4 years ago with Elderhostel. Ed and [...]
At our Tuesday March 9th meeting we will feature Dr. Robert McCleery current Wildlife Ecology professor at WIU. He will present a talk entitled “The influence of our changing landscape on mammalian population”. Included in his talk will be case studies of his work in Africa, Texas and our local area. Dr Robert earned his [...]
Field Trip to Illinois River (Anderson Lake, Chautauqua Refuge, Spring Lake, maybe Sand Ridge State Forest etc.). We are planning to head east to view late winter birds and early migrating waterbirds on the Illinois River backwaters. We plan to break for lunch at Havana or another location. We plan to meet [...]
Due to the weather we have canceled our meeting tonight. The Costa Rica program by Ed and Evelyn has been rescheduled for April 13th.
Our annual meeting for 2010 is Thursday January 14th. For this meeting we will be electing officers, board members and our IAS representative. Officers and Board Members serve one year terms, except for IAS Board Representative which serves a 2 year term. If you have any suggestions to how we can improve Western Prairie Audubon [...]
December 17th – 2009 Annual Christmas Party We will hold our Christmas Party and Potluck at the Macomb City Hall Community Center in place of our regular chapter business meeting for December. Attendees are asked to bring a potluck dish and table settings for themselves. We will have turkey, potatoes, stuffing, and gravy, fruit punch [...]
This year the Bushnell Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 19th. Western Prairie Audubon member, Larry Hood, serves as coordinator for the count. If you are interested in participating in this winter’s count notify Larry Hood (772-2577) or let us know at the October or November meeting. Larry would [...]