You can help conservation efforts by bird watching this weekend

By Lynnea Domienik
Red-winged blackbird
Evanston resident Kat O’Reilly says one of the birds she’s watching for this spring is the red-winged blackbird, which is common to the Chicago area. (Courtesy Tony Yee)
Red-winged blackbird
Evanston resident Kat O’Reilly says one of the birds she’s watching for this spring is the red-winged blackbird, which is common to the Chicago area. (Courtesy Tony Yee)

You can help conservation efforts by bird watching this weekend

By Lynnea Domienik
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Chicago sits amidst two important migration flyways. And conservationists say that your participation in the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend will help gather data that they’ll use to identify how climate change affects bird population and migration.

Reset checks in with a conservationist and an amateur birder about what can be gained from taking a moment to stop and notice birds.

GUESTS: Christina Harber, member of Chicago’s BIPOC Birder Network

Erin Rowan, Senior Conservation Associate, Audubon Great Lakes

Karen Weigert, executive vice president at Slipstream, a clean energy innovation non-profit; former chief sustainability officer, City of Chicago