The Meadowlark Messenger
Check out the latest news and announcements from Champaign County Audubon Society and our partners!
For decades, our print newsletter, The Meadowlark Messenger, has informed our members about the latest news and events. We’re pleased to now bring you all the info you count on through our online blog too!
2024 Kendeigh Grant Awardees
Congratulations to our 2024 Kendeigh Grant awardees! This year’s funded projects will study how predators affect grassland birds, the health and winter ecology of Eastern Whip-poor-wills, and whether migratory American Robins are a source of West Nile Virus to non-migratory robins.
2023 Mini-Grants for Educators Awardees
Congratulations to this spring’s 2023 Mini-Grants for Educators awardees!
2023 Kendeigh Grant Awardees
Congratulations to our 2023 Kendeigh Grant awardees! This year’s funded projects will study why only some female House Wrens lay two clutches of eggs in a season and how prescribed burns affect nest predation by snakes.
2022 Mini-Grants for Educators Awardees
Congratulations to our 2022 Mini-Grants for Educators awardees!
2022 Kendeigh Grant Awardees
Congratulations to our 2022 Kendeigh Grant awardees! This year’s funded projects will study children’s nature values, whip-poor-will fledgling survival and habitat use, and habitat preferences of migratory grassland birds.
2021 Mini-Grants for Educators Awardees
Congratulations to our Mini-Grants for Educators awardees! Multiple mini-grants this year will support planting native flowering plants to feed native pollinators.
2021 Kendeigh Grant Awardees
Congratulations to our Kendeigh Grant awardees! This year’s funded projects will study Eastern Meadowlarks, Least Bitterns, and disease transmission risk at bird feeders.