Name: Arena Birds: Saving the Uncommon Nighthawk
Start: 2025-03-01T10:15:00-0600
End: 2025-03-01T11:00:00-0600

The Wild Things Conference Returns Saturday, March 1, 2025 - SOLD OUT

We’re thrilled to welcome you again to learn and share your expertise with our community. We’ve put together an exciting lineup of workshops and sessions from regional and national experts, plus meet & greets, video content, exhibitors, and sponsors. With over 140 presentations and discussion panels to choose from, the in-person program engages a diverse range of topics, research, and skills, and plenty of opportunities to meet with friends, old and new.

Thank you as well to our sponsors, scholarship supporters, and exhibitors who are all helping to make this another tremendously successful Wild Things.

Tickets for Wild Things 2025 are sold out. For additional information on the 2025 conference, visit wildthingscommunity.org.

**PLEASE NOTE: Some details are subject to change.**

NOTICE: Please be advised that photos and videos will be taken during Wild Things 2025. By attending, you consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded. Your attendance on this event constitutes your agreement to the use of any resulting media by Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves for promotional, marketing, or any other purpose in perpetuity, without further approval or any compensation.

Saturday March 1, 2025 10:15am - 11:00am CST

Rooms 52, 53 - Avian Collective presented by Illinois Audubon Society

Once a common sight devouring insects at your favorite night games, the increasingly un-Common Nighthawk is now in steep decline across its range. And yet, despite being one of the fastest disappearing birds in North America, very little data or trends exist to help explain why or how to slow these trends. In 2021, Chicago Ornithological Society launched a volunteer monitoring program to study and conserve them; one of the only such efforts in the country. This presentation will highlight the lessons learned from the last three seasons of monitoring and explore opportunities to help ensure Chicago remains a haven for these mysterious creatures.

Presenters

Stephanie Beilke

Senior Manager, Conservation Science, Audubon Great Lakes

Mason Fidino

Edward Warden

Edward Warden is a lifelong Chicago resident, birder, and urban naturalist. Over the last 20 years he has worked with organizations across the Chicago region to foster community and appreciation for the urban environment through stewardship, conservation action, social media, and... Read More →

Saturday March 1, 2025 10:15am - 11:00am CST
Rooms 52, 53 - Avian Collective presented by Illinois Audubon Society

Wildlife, Intro

Session Session Block A: 10:15 - 11 AM

Wild Things 2025

Stephanie Beilke

Mason Fidino

Edward Warden

Attendees (154)

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