September 2025 Newsletter

Highlights:

• Field Notes: Breeding Bird Season and More Walks

• Bird of the Month: Common Nighthawk

• CCAS Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates for 2026

• Apply for Educator Mini-Grants by October 17

Volunteer Opportunities

• Membership Coordinator

• Newsletter Editor

• Program Chair

Events

• Birds and Brews, August 29

• Sunday Morning Bird Walks are back through October

• September Program: How to Help Songbirds by Restoring Fragmented Forests, September 4

• Bats at the Bridge 2025, September 12

• IOS Big Sit Competition, September 26-28

• October Program: Where the Whip-poor-wills Still Sing: What Shapes Habitat Use, October 2

• CCAS at Urbana’s Market at the Square: Sep 20, Oct 18