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<P class=Pa8><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;">The </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Chicago Audubon Society is pleased to announce its 10th Birding America Symposium, to be held once again at North Park University, on Saturday, March 8<SUP>th</SUP>, 2014. We think that any local birder, whether you are a beginner or an expert, will find this symposium to have many topics that you will be interested in. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Pa8><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;">We are especially excited to have Steve Kelling of the Cornell Laboratory of Onithology as our keynote speaker. Steve was one of the primary people at CLO to help set up the e-Bird program that so many of us now use to share our bird sightings, and see what others have sighted.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=Pa8><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;">Next during 4 'breakout' sessions, you can choose from 16 wide-ranging topics and speakers, from local to national and world-wide birding locations and specialized topics on birds also. Included in these sessions are one especially for bird monitors, with Steve Kelling, Judy Pollock and Steve Packard.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Default><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times; FONT-SIZE: medium" data-mce-style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">(</SPAN><A href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/pages/2014/vol28_1/compass_vol28-1_2014_web.pdf" target=_blank data-mce-href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/pages/2014/vol28_1/compass_vol28-1_2014_web.pdf"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times; COLOR: #0000ff; FONT-SIZE: medium" data-mce-style="font-family: Times; color: #0000ff; font-size: medium;">http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/pages/2014/vol28_1/compass_vol28-1_2014_web.pdf</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"> )</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Default><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext" data-mce-style="color: windowtext;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" data-mce-style="font-size: medium;"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">See the COMPASS for a registration form, and we’ll have updates on our website at <A href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/" target=_blank data-mce-href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/"><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000ff" data-mce-style="color: #0000ff;">www.chicagoaudubon.org</SPAN></A> throughout January and February.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Default><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;">Hope you can join us! Alan Anderson, </SPAN><A href="mailto:casresearch@comcast.net" target=_blank data-mce-href="mailto:casresearch@comcast.net"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times; COLOR: #0000ff" data-mce-style="font-family: Times; color: #0000ff;">casresearch@comcast.net</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"> , Des Plaines</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa10 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">STEVE KELLING</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa8 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa9 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">“The Birder Effect: Birding,Science, and Conservation.”</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Pa2><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><STRONG>Local Chicago Area Birding Spots:</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge - </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Steve Byers</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Calumet Area - </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Walter Marcisz</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Hawkwatching at Illinois Beach State Park and Fort Sheridan Preserve -</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Vic Berardi</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Pa2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Other U.S. Birding Locations:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge - </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Terri Fuller</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Sandia Crest/Bosque del Apache, New Mexico - </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">David Johnson</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Minnesota - </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Al Batt</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">The Greater Kankakee Ecosystem - </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Fran Harty, The Nature Conservancy</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">South Africa - </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Josh Engel</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Ecuador - </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Steve Bailey</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Costa Rican Conservation, Biodiversity and Birds - </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Craig Stettner</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in" class=Default data-mce-style="text-indent: 0in;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'" data-mce-style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Birding Basics: What you need to know - </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Geoffrey Williamson</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa9 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><STRONG>12:15 p.m.</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa8 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;">Presentation Times</SPAN></SPAN>*</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa10 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">1:00 p.m.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa9 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">2:00 p.m.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa8 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><STRONG><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><SPAN class=A6><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 11pt;">Closing Speaker</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa10 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><STRONG>3:00 p.m.</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa10 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">AL BATT</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa8 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Writer, speaker, storyteller and humorist</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=Pa7 align=center data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times" data-mce-style="font-family: Times;"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">“A Life Gone to Birds”</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" data-mce-style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=A1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">*For those registering early: We will email you the times for presentations listed here on the right so that you can email us your preferences. We can then assign room locations for each presentation based on everyone's responses, which will help us greatly because all the rooms are different sizes</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=A1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;">Please see </SPAN></STRONG><A href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/" target=_blank data-mce-href="http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal" data-mce-style="font-weight: normal;"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: #0000ff" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri; color: #0000ff;">www.chicagoaudubon.org</SPAN></SPAN></A><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri;"> for updates and more information.</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
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