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Peregrine Falcons are right at home in Chicago’s urban cliffs and canyons and can be seen tearing through the sky in search of food for hungry chicks. Join COS President Edward Warden as we go out in search of these mighty birds and see them in action.

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Chicago Ornithological Society and the Field Museum invite you to join us for the final event in the Year of the Peregrine Falcon! This short film screening and panel event will feature new and cutting edge footage of Peregrines in action taken right here in Chicago.

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Join COS as we check out Montrose Point for fall and winter arrivals and waterfowl.

In cooperation with Third Coast Birding and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, COS is proud to continue our long tradition of Wednesday morning bird walks at North Pond!

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Would the Peregrine Falcon win election today? Join Chicago Ornithological Society and the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum as we answer that very question! Like any proper democratic election cycle, this calls for a debate.

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Join COS for a duck-themed trip to Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.

In cooperation with Third Coast Birding and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, COS is proud to continue our long tradition of Wednesday morning bird walks at North Pond!

In cooperation with Third Coast Birding and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, COS is proud to continue our long tradition of Wednesday morning bird walks at North Pond!

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Join IndiGo Birding Nature Tours guide David Rupp for a walk through Jackson Park. We will look for warblers and other migrating songbirds that are passing through this South Side hotspot. All levels of birders are welcome!

In cooperation with Third Coast Birding and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, COS is proud to continue our long tradition of Wednesday morning bird walks at North Pond!

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Join us as we ascend the ruins of the once mighty U.S. Steelworks plant and take advantage of a perch providing panoramic views of Chicago's South Shore to observe the spectacle of raptor migration.

In cooperation with Third Coast Birding and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, COS is proud to continue our long tradition of Wednesday morning bird walks at North Pond!

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Join COS for an afternoon walk as we decompress from a long day at work and look for birds at Millennium and Grant Park.

In cooperation with Third Coast Birding and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, COS is proud to continue our long tradition of Wednesday morning bird walks at North Pond!

Join us as we take advantage of this unique park's position on the lakefront to observe the spectacle of raptor migration.

In cooperation with Third Coast Birding and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, COS is proud to continue our long tradition of Wednesday morning bird walks at North Pond!

RSVP Required

Join us as we ascend the ruins of the once mighty U.S. Steelworks plant and take advantage of a perch providing panoramic views of Chicago's South Shore to observe the spectacle of raptor migration.

In cooperation with Third Coast Birding and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, COS is proud to continue our long tradition of Wednesday morning bird walks at North Pond!

RSVP Required

Join IndiGo Birding Nature Tours guide David Rupp for a walk through Jackson Park. We will look for warblers and other migrating songbirds that are passing through this South Side hotspot. All levels of birders are welcome!

RSVP Required

For beginning birders!

Join COS for morning birding at Douglass Park. This 160-acre hotspot packs diverse habitats including prairie, savanna, and wetland.

In cooperation with Third Coast Birding and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, COS is proud to continue our long tradition of Wednesday morning bird walks at North Pond!

Join us for this latest edition of Flock Club!, the social gathering by and for bird enthusiasts. This month’s gathering will be taking place at Skunk Cabbage Books and be themed around The Year of the Peregrine.

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Join COS for an afternoon walk as we decompress from a long day at work and look for birds at Millennium and Grant Park.

RSVP Required

Join us at this top urban birding hotspot as we embark on a short walk to look for Humboldt Park's summer breeders followed by a stewardship workday in which we help improve the natural areas so important to these breeding birds.

Virtual Program

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It’s the Year of the Peregrine! Join COS for the latest episode of our virtual program series Birds & Bytes as we look at what it really takes to bring a species back from the brink.

Join COS and Urban Rivers for a workshop on the Chicago River to learn how to find and identify Chicago’s many feathered friends. We will walk participants through the basics of bird identification and what a hopeful birder needs to get started looking for birds.

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Peregrine Falcons are right at home in Chicago’s urban cliffs and canyons and can be seen tearing through the sky in search of food for hungry chicks. Join COS President Edward Warden as we go out in search of these mighty birds and see them in action.

RSVP Required

Join us at this top urban birding hotspot as we embark on a short walk to look for Humboldt Park's summer breeders followed by a stewardship workday in which we help improve the natural areas so important to these breeding birds.

Join experts from the Chicago Peregrine Program for a very rare and unique opportunity to see these birds up close as they are measured, banded, and returned to the wild.