Bird Conservation Network - Contact Sources

The BCN and its member groups are involved in a wide range of bird conservation activities. Please feel free to call or email the appropriate expert source listed below according to the topic you are interested in. If you need assistance outside this range of issues, please contact Joan Bruchman, BCN's president.

Please note that this list is for individual inquiries and press requests only. This information may not be collected or used for marketing, promotions of causes, or solicitations.

General Information about the BCN:
Click here: www.bcnbirds.org to be linked to the Bird Conservation Network home page or contact
Joan Bruchman, BCN President, (847) 687-3108,

For group or individual BCN membership:
Mary Lou Mellon, Vice-President, (847) 656-8856,

Group dues payments or other financial matters:
Glenn Gabanski, treasurer, (630) 920-8575,

Chicago bird conservation issues:
Christine Williamson, Chicago Ornithological Society, (312) 649-5217,
Joe Lill, Chicago Audubon Society, (773) 631-3154,

Southern Cook County and Will County bird conservation issues:
Dick Riner, Thorn Creek Audubon Society, (708) 720-5683,

Northern Cook County bird conservation issues:
Suzanne Checchia, Evanston North Shore Bird Club, (847) 328-8286,

Northwestern Cook County bird conservation issues:
Duane Heaton, Prairie Woods Audubon Society, (847) 358-5856,

DuPage County bird conservation issues:
Bob Fisher, DuPage Bird Club, (630) 985-2956,

Lake County bird conservation issues:
Donald R. Dann, The Nature Conservancy, (847) 266-2222,
Chris Geiselhart, Lake County Audubon, (847) 362-5134,

Kane County bird conservation issues:
Bob Andrini, Kane County Audubon, (630) 584-8386,

McHenry County bird conservation issues:
R. David Johnson, (847) 639-6954,

Indiana Dunes bird conservation information:
Donna Gonzalez, Save the Dunes Conservation Fund, (219) 924-5985,

Skokie Lagoons habitat restoration activities:
Dave Kosnik, Chicago Audubon Society, (847) 456-6368,

Lake Calumet area habitat restoration activities:
Walter Marcisz, Chicago Ornithological Society, (773) 646-3034,

Grassland restoration and birds:
Judy Pollock, Audubon of the Chicago Region, (847) 328-4026,
Marianne Hahn, Midewin Tallgrass Prairie Alliance, (708) 799-0249,

Chicago city parks habitat restoration:
Leslie Borns, Montrose Dunes, (773) 334-2281,
Terry Schilling, Lakeview Citizen's Council, (773) 275-5777,

Bird banding information:
Glenn Gabanski, DuPage Bird Club, (630) 920-8575,

Chicago's Lights Out Program information:
Judy Pollock, Audubon of the Chicago Region, (847) 328-4026,
Annette Prince, Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, (630) 841-7110,

Prevention of bird-building collisions:
Annette Prince, Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, (773) 988-1867,

If you have found an injured bird:
Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, (773) 988-1867,

Information for architects about building safer structures for birds:
Randi Doeker, Birds & Buildings Forum, (312) 202-0667,

National and international bird conservation issues:
Donald R. Dann, The Nature Conservancy, (847) 266-2222,
Judy Pollock, Audubon of the Chicago Region, (847) 328-4026,

Bird census studies and breeding bird surveys:
Lee Ramsey, Bird Conservation Network, (847) 501-4683,

For information about keeping cats indoors:
Donald R. Dann, The Nature Conservancy, (847) 266-2222,