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From guided bird walks to interactive learning sessions and meetings, the Champaign County Audubon Society offers a variety of regular events throughout the year (although we typically take off the summer!).

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Apr
21
Wild Writings

Wild Writings

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Meeting ID: 820 5866 1487
Password: WW

In 2021, CCAS launched a new initiative that aims to connect people who enjoy nature-related literature––a new reading group called Wild Writings! Each month, participants read a short piece of nature-related literature and have an informal meeting via Zoom to discuss the reading.

Readings for the April meeting:

  1. Drawing a Tree: Uncommon Vintage Italian Meditation on the Existential Poetics of Diversity and Resilience Through the Art and Science of Trees https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/11/05/drawing-a-tree-bruno-munari

  2. The Fascinating Science of How Trees Communicate, Animated
    https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/07/10/trees-ted-ed

  3. When I Am Among the Trees
    https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/poetry/poem-aday/when-i-am-among-trees

If you’d like to know more about Wild Writings, or if you are interested in joining our reading group, please email our Program Chair, Alida de Flamingh, at alida.ccas@gmail.com.

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Ongoing CCAS Events

  • A group of birders with binoculars look into the trees along a boardwalk. Photo by Rachel Vinsel.

    Sunday Morning Bird Walks

    Guided bird walks are held on Sunday mornings during the spring and fall migration seasons: March through May and September through October.

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  • A group of birders with binoculars look up into the trees. Photo by Jen Redwood.

    Spring Bird-a-Thon

    Held each year in May, the Bird-a-Thon is our annual fundraiser. It starts the Sunday after the Illinois Spring Bird Count and lasts one week.

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  • American Tree Sparrow perches on a branch in winter. Photo by Rob Kanter.

    Christmas Bird Count

    The National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC) provides a rich dataset that scientists have used to learn about trends in bird populations since 1900!

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