Bird Conservation Network - Source List:

The Bird Conservation Network is an alliance of 19 organizations with an interest in the conservation of birds in Illinois and includes bird watching clubs, National and Illinois Audubon Societies, the Nature Conservancy, Chicago Building Collision Monitors and more. Click here for a list of BCN member organizations with links to their web sites.

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 Donald R. Dann, BCN’s president.


General Information about the BCN:
Click here: www.bcnbirds.org to be linked to the Bird Conservation Network home page or contact
Bob Fisher, BCN President, (630) 985-2956,

For group or individual BCN membership:
Mary Lou Mellon, secretary, (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,
Randi Doeker, Chicago Ornithological Society, (312) 202-0667,

Southern Cook County and Will County bird conservation issues:
Marianne Hahn, Thorn Creek Audubon Society, (708) 799-0249,

Northern Cook County bird conservation issues:
Libby Hill, Evanston North Shore Bird Club, (847) 475-2096,

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, BCN president, (847) 266-2222,
Marianne Harrison, Illinois Audubon Society, (847) 831-4310,

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:
Jerry Garden, Chicago Audubon Society, (773) 545-4632,

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) 965-1150,
Marianne Hahn, Midewin Tallgrass Prairie Alliance, (708) 799-0249,

Chicago city parks habitat restoration:
Terry Schilling, Lakeview Citizen’s Council, (773) 275-5777,
Christine Williamson, Chicago Ornithological Society, (312) 649-5217,
Randi Doeker, Chicago Ornithological Society, (312) 202-0667,

Bird banding information:
Dennis DeCourcey, Chicagoland Bird Observatory, (708) 579-3361,

Chicago’s Lights Out Program information:
Judy Pollock, Audubon of the Chicago Region, (847) 965-1150,

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

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

Information for architects about building safer structures for birds:
Christine Williamson, Chicago Ornithological Society, (312) 649-5217,
Randi Doeker, Birds & Buildings Forum, (312) 202-0667,

National and international bird conservation issues:
Donald R. Dann, BCN president, (847) 266-2222,
Judy Pollock, Audubon of the Chicago Region, (847) 965-1150,

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 American Bird Conservancy, (847) 266-2222,
 

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