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Field Trip Recap: Horizon Farm
Field TripKris HansenJune 5, 2026Horizon Farm
Field Trip Recap: Jackson Park & Wooded Island
Field Trip Recap: Jackson Park & Wooded Island

COS member Kris Hansen recaps the bird walk at Jackson Park and the Wooded Island May 31.

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Field TripKris HansenJune 2, 2026Jackson Park
Field Trip Recap:  Douglass Park Evening Walk
Field Trip Recap: Douglass Park Evening Walk

COS member Joann Umeki recaps the evening bird walk at Douglass Park.

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Field TripKris HansenMay 31, 2026Douglass Park
Field Trip Recap:  Goth Walk at Humboldt Park
Field Trip Recap: Goth Walk at Humboldt Park

COS member and occasional cosplayer Kris Hansen recaps the Goth Walk for Birds on May 23 at Humboldt Park.

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Field TripKris HansenMay 27, 2026Humboldt Park, Goth Walk
Field Trip Recap: Horner Park
Field Trip Recap: Horner Park

COS member Steve Whitman recaps the morning bird walk at Horner Park on May 15.

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Field TripKris HansenMay 24, 2026Horner Park
Field Trip Recap: Horner Park
Field Trip Recap: Horner Park

COS trip leader Chris Cochrane recaps the early bird walk at Horner Park on May 8.

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Field TripKris HansenMay 18, 2026Horner Park
Chicago Hotspot: Marian R. Byrnes Natural Area
Chicago Hotspot: Marian R. Byrnes Natural Area

Read about the Marian R. Byrnes Natural Area, a new local treasure, ahead of its reopening in June.

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Robyn DetterlineMay 16, 2026Marian Byrnes, Hotspot
Field Trip Recap:  Humboldt Park
Field Trip Recap: Humboldt Park

COS member Steve Whitman recaps the Sunday Social bird walk at Humboldt Park on May 3.

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Field TripKris HansenMay 11, 2026Humboldt Park
Help Reduce Bird Collisions
Help Reduce Bird Collisions

Researcher Danny Miller summarizes the solutions available to Chicagoans for the bird collision crisis.

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Advocacy, ConservationRobyn DetterlineMay 10, 2026
Field Trip Recap: Woodcock Walk at Air Station Prairie
Field Trip Recap: Woodcock Walk at Air Station Prairie

COS member Wayne Ryan recaps the American Woodcock walk he led at Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie on April 9.

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Field TripKris HansenMay 10, 2026Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie
Field Trip Recap:  Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
Field Trip Recap: Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary

COS member Carrie Lakin recaps the bird walk at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary on April 26.

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Field TripKris HansenMay 5, 2026Montrose Point
Field Trip Recap: Sunday Social at Humboldt Park
Field Trip Recap: Sunday Social at Humboldt Park

COS board member and trip leader Chris Holden recaps the Sunday Social Bird Walk at Humboldt Park on April 19.

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Field TripKris HansenMay 3, 2026Sunday Social, Humboldt Park
Field Trip Recap:  LaBagh Woods Beginners Walk
Field Trip Recap: LaBagh Woods Beginners Walk

COS member Jennifer Mach recaps the beginners’ bird walk at LaBagh Woods.

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Field TripKris HansenApril 30, 2026LaBagh Woods
Field trip recap: Sunrise walk at Montrose Bird Sanctuary
Field trip recap: Sunrise walk at Montrose Bird Sanctuary

COS member Kris Hansen recaps the sunrise bird walk at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary on April 13.

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Field TripKris HansenApril 28, 2026Montrose Point
Field trip recap: Marian R. Byrnes Natural Area
Field trip recap: Marian R. Byrnes Natural Area

COS member Kris Hansen recaps the rail-friendly Birds and Botany walk at Marian R. Byrnes Natural Area April 19.

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Field TripKris HansenApril 25, 2026Marian Byrnes, Birds & Botany, Calumet
Field Trip Recap: Woodcock Walk at Air Station Prairie
Field Trip Recap: Woodcock Walk at Air Station Prairie

COS member Lauren Kostas recaps the Woodcock Walk at Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie on March 24, 2026.

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Field TripKris HansenApril 23, 2026Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie
Field trip recap:  Bilingual Calumet Park Birdwalk / Paseo Bilingüe Parque de Calumet
Field trip recap: Bilingual Calumet Park Birdwalk / Paseo Bilingüe Parque de Calumet

COS trip leader Em de Blas recaps the bilingual bird walk at Calumet Park. Em de Blas, líder de excursiones de la COS, hace un resumen de la caminata bilingüe de observación de aves en Calumet Park.

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Field TripKris HansenApril 21, 2026bilingual, Calumet
Field Trip Recap: Wild Goose Chase at Humboldt Park
Field Trip Recap: Wild Goose Chase at Humboldt Park

COS member Kate Allgeier recaps the Sunday Social Bird Walk at Humboldt Park April 5 that culminated in a wild goose “chase.”

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Field TripKris HansenApril 19, 2026Humboldt Park
Field trip recap: Black Feather Walk
Field trip recap: Black Feather Walk

COS member Carrie Lakin recounts late-afternoon birding in search of Goth birds at Humboldt Park.

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Field TripKris HansenApril 17, 2026
Field Trip Report: Baker's Lake
Field Trip Report: Baker's Lake

COS member Kris Hansen recaps the midday bird walk at Baker’s Lake in the northwest corner of Cook County.

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Field TripKris HansenApril 15, 2026Baker's Lake, COS in the Suburbs
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