2020 ended up being an odd year to start COS’s first ever bird banding station at Big Marsh! Our banding team was not even sure we would be able to get the banding station up and running this year. But after 5 successful dates in the field between June and August, our first banding season wrapped up for the summer.
Chicago Ornithological Society is proud to announce the newest project as part of our conservation initiative in the Calumet region: a bird banding station located at Big Marsh Park in Chicago.
Our beloved Monty and Rose continue to be an inspiration, from artwork to comics to films to poems to songs and more. Now we have every craft beer fan’s dream: Imperial Oak Brewing’s Piping Plover Pale Ale!
After an extensive selection process with hundreds of names submitted, a coalition of organizations an community members selected three names for the 2020 Montrose plover chicks which reflect Chicago’s diversity and culture.