Previous Programs

• January 2010 - Traveling in the Ecuadorian Amazon with Michael Peters
• November 2009 - The North of Britain: Birding the Shetland Islands and the Scottish Highlands with Christine and Geoffrey Williamson
• March 2009 - 'Birds are Amazing!' with Dr. Jeff Hoover
• January 2009 - Traveling in Ecuador and the Galapagos with Michael Peters

Programs

Along with the following programs, our meetings include club news and the ever-popular member sightings reports. The meetings are fun and informal and are often combined with a field trip or dinner at a local restaurant.

General Program Information

Unless otherwise indicated, COS meetings are held at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park. You can arrive anytime after 6:30 to socialize.

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is located on the northwest corner of Fullerton Avenue and Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park in Chicago.

Driving directions: From Lake Shore Drive in either direction, exit at Fullerton and travel west. Turn right/north at Cannon Drive (the first light). The Notebaert Nature Museum is on your left and the main entrance faces Cannon Drive. Look for street parking on either side of the street. Parking is also available in the Lincoln Park Zoo lot south of Fullerton for $12 (at night in the fall and winter, the parking fee is not always charged).

By public transportation: The north and southbound #156 LaSalle bus drops passengers at Fullerton and Stockton, 0.2 miles west of the Notebaert. The north and southbound #22 Clark Street bus drops passengers at Fullerton and Clark, 0.4 miles west of the museum.

Bike racks are available outside the museum