[BCNnet] Wild Things Conference on Feb. 2 at UIC (no sightings)

[BFisher928 at aol.com]

If you've got a passion for birds and bird conservation, and want to  know 
what's going on here in northeastern Illinois within the conservation  
community, the Wild Things Conference on Saturday February 2 at  the University 
of Illinois Chicago campus is the place to be! 
 
Never been to Wild Things? It's a blast, and a major  high! Karen and I 
have been to every one; we always come away feeling energized  and enthusiastic 
about the great conservation work being done by volunteers and  
professionals within our community. Plus, we've learned a lot each time!
 
Pasted below are some of the various scheduled talks with a bird focus;  
birds and bird conservation components are contained in many of the day's  
talks, as you'll see when you check out the total schedule. 
 
Google Wild Things 2013 for the link to the conference  website's home 
page. Registration closes as of midnight on Sunday January 20, so  it's not too 
late to sign up. Don't procrastinate if you're planning to go and  haven't 
registered yet. 
 
Hope you can make it!
Regards
Bob Fisher
Downers Grove 
DuPage County
 
10:15 AM Spring vs. Fall Landbird Migration in Chicago: How  are They 
Different and Why Does it Matter? - Stotz 
 
11:15 AM Lake Calumet - What Happened? Precipitous Declines  in Endangered 
Wetland Birds and How They Might Have Been Avoided - Marcisz 
 
11:15 AM Grassland and Shrubland Birds in the Chicago  Region: Ascertaining 
Habitat Quality Through Studies of Habitat Use and Nest  Predation - 
Benson, copresenter(s) 
 
1:30 PM Four Decades of Bird Study at Goose Lake Prairie:  What's Changed 
and What Have We Learned? - Herkert 
 
2:55 PM Wind Turbines in Lake Michigan; How They Might  Impact Birds - 
Fisher
 
2:55 PM Don't Call me Hedwig: The Great Snowy Owl Irruption  of 2011-12 - 
Engel 
 
3:35 PM Endangered Visitors: Whooping Crane Reintroduction  to the Midwest 
- Clemency 
 
3:35 PM Climate Change Impacts to Local Phenology and  Migratory Birds - 
Stotz, Strang 
 
4:15 PM Lightning Rounds: Birds and Habitat - Ask, Pollock,  Zamirowski, 
Zarski 
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