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Save the Date!
Illinois Audubon Society Fall Gathering September 11-13
Bird Lake County Including the Lakefront
Why wait for the fall migrants to come to you? Spend a weekend birding along Lake Michigan as well as inland in many Lake County forest preserves at the fall IAS meeting September 11-13 hosted by Lake/Cook Chapter – the northernmost IAS outpost and the first stop in Illinois for our feathered friends heading south to their wintering grounds.
Field trip options will range from some of Lake County’s richest birding spots to storied migrant magnet Montrose Harbor/Magic Hedge in Chicago, a raptor rehabilitation center located in a sprawling house in the suburbs, and more. Other weekend highlights will include a Friday night program on Roger Tory Peterson, a Saturday night presentation on the facts and fictions of bird migration, and a special Saturday afternoon wine and cheese reception at Mettawa Manor – home of well-known TV journalist Bill Kurtis and his life partner and fellow documentary filmmaker Donna LaPietra – which includes a formal garden as well as areas of wetland and prairie restoration.
Headquarters for the weekend will be the brand new Hilton Garden Inn in Mettawa, located just off I-294 on Route 60 between Lake Forest and Vernon Hills. A block of rooms is reserved for $74/night (including breakfast) under Illinois Audubon. Please reserve your rooms EARLY at 847-735-8374 to ensure that you get a room. (There are several other events at the hotel that weekend.) Reservation deadline is August 12.
Register to receive email notification of updates or contact Rena Cohen at 847-831-0331 (email rena@sspr.com) for more information. Registration forms will be mailed with The Cardinal News in late July, but you can reserve your hotel rooms immediately. Mark your calendars for a great weekend of birding, learning, being with IAS friends, and exploring the ‘wilderness’ in the midst of Chicago’s suburbs.
Your Lake-Cook Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society
We are a gathering of people who enjoy watching and studying birds and wildlife. We welcome people of all ages and skills to join us on our field trips, programs and other events. Most of our monthly programs are bird-oriented, but we also address environmental and natural history topics.
The Illinois Audubon Society is the state's oldest conservation organization that works to protect and enhance Illinois' unique habitats and to educate the public about them
. It is not affiliated with the National Audubon Society.
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Next Program
We will resume our annual program in Fall, 2009 and publish the details soon. Please register to receive our email and be advised of program updates.
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