Category Archives: Meetings

Annual Meeting and Northeastern Australia Photo Safari

Posted on May 20, 2013 by admin

Bird Lineup. Photo: Michael Jeffords
Join us for the Shawnee Chapter Annual Meeting  and very special presentation. Biologists Michael Jeffords and Susan Post will take us on a month-long photo safari as they journey across the northeast region of Australia . They experienced everything from koalas to kangaroos, birds of paradise to bellbirds, and much, much more . . .
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Wild About Illinois Audubon Society

Posted on March 14, 2013 by admin

In 2007 Illinois Audubon Society purchased a 58-acre inholding in Lusk Creek Wilderness in the Shawnee National Forest. A subsequent survey of flora revealed an astonishing 500-plus species of plants on the tiny tract of land!
What do Indiana bats, Blanding’s turtles, dusky salamanders, greater prairie-chickens, bald eagles and timber rattlers have in common? These are [...]

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Illinois Prairie Chickens and Grassland Birds: Past, Present and Future

Posted on January 5, 2013 by admin

Scott Simpson, Heritage Biologist with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Heritage and Site Manager at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area since 1985 will present Illinois Prairie Chickens and Grassland Birds: Past, Present and Future at 7:00 PM on January 21st at the Shawnee Chapter meeting at the Carbondale Township Hall, 217 [...]

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