We lost an ocean champion yesterday. Jean Beasley, 90, started North Carolina's first sea turtle hospital and saved over 1,500 turtles. She was a school teacher with no other training. By the time she died, she had co-authored a half dozen veterinary science papers on sea turtle rehabilitation.

Can any folks help me ID these egg sacks? @inaturalist.bsky.social thinks they might be like Spongy Moths.

🚨Join us at on Saturday for one last Bird Collision Monitor Training for fall migration season. As the temperatures drop, we’re seeing millions of birds migrate through Chicago, and they need your help! 💛

BIG morning for birds! I had 18 dead and 7 live including this Golden-crowned Kinglet. BirdCast is predicting another Hugh migration again tonight. Please keep calling the CBCM hotline if you see a dead or stunned bird: 773-988-1867

BirdCast @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social is predicting a busy migration night for the Midwest! 429 MILLION birds 🐦 ☎️ Call Chicago Bird Collision Monitors if you find a dead or injured bird: 773 988 1867

Did you hear a whistle in the wetland?This mysterious marsh bird is known more for its call than its sightings. Part of the rail family, Soras feed on beetles, crayfish, snails, and spiders and are adept at hiding in dense vegetation as they distribute their weight over their thin, long feet.

If you’re looking for a book club and reading community to process all that is happening in the environmental world, join us! This space is for you! Bring a friend or share with your network to anyone who may find this of interest 🌎💚

Just over 2 weeks ago, the Roots and Shoots Chicago Basecamp & Jane Goodall Institue hosted Dr. Jane Goodall at the Lincoln Park Zoo for free event!💛 She reminded us how important hope, persistence, & compassion are to build the future we want. She believed so strongly in the power of young people.

I feel like I write a small obituary for each bird I find. I research them and find out how far they migrate, what they eat, where they live, and share that with the public. It’s my way of honoring them and coping through the emotional loss.

I wrote this gem of an article for @theguardian.com many moons ago and it finally published. There is a 30 min companion documentary that is 2 years in the making that you absolutely must see 🪺 👇 www.theguardian.com/global/ng-in...

🚨Two more chances to receive training from Chicago Bird Collision Monitors this fall! Migration is steady, and we need your help!

Last day for "Winging It" at the Newberry Library www.newberry.org/calendar/win... This cookbook included in the exhibit led me down an rabbit hole of Indigenous cookbooks in the Edward E. Ayer Collection i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/se...

Another busy rescue day! Live rescues included a Dark-Eyed Junco, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and a Tennessee warbler. Salvages included Ovenbirds, Black-throated green warbler, and a Blackpoll Warbler. Keep calling CBCM if you find something - 773 988 1867

Rescued a Red-breasted Nuthatch that started to feel better! Will need to double bag this buddy for transport to Wildlife Rehabilitation for a check up.

Nearly four years ago, we started searching for Nellie E. Brown. It’s the name of a public school in Olongapo, Zambales in the Philippines where my friend’s dad went to school. Everyone in town had a different theory about Nellie’s identity, and Google searches led us to improbable Nellies.

From experience, calling Chicago Bird Collision Monitors is 💯 wonderful. Always help. ❤️

Last Friday I found a bird I haven’t seen in the wild yet! This female Belted Kingfisher was downtown across from a manmade waterfall. These majestic fliers reside in Chicago all year round. #birdcollision #kingfisher

Busy morning for bird collision monitors! I was only responsible for a few blocks, but I found 5 dead and 2 stunned. Call Chicago Bird Collision Monitors if you see a dead or injured bird 773 988-1867

#coolbugalert I found at least 6 of these Yellow garden spiders on the Wild Mile! @urbanrivers.bsky.social put my hand behind the web to show you scale! 🤯 #homeriverbioblitz

Today we found a dead Cooper’s Hawk downtown while on our bird collision monitoring walk. I am always taken aback by the beauty and complexity of each bird we find.💔 www.birdmonitors.net/ContactUs.php Join CBCM to help us advocate for a more bird friendly Chicago. #bird #chicago

🚨 Fall migration is revving up! Join Chicago Bird Collision Monitors for a free, in-person training to learn to to capture, protect, and transport dead and injured birds. #birdcollision #bird #lifeonland #globalgoals #chicago

Saturday was a wild opening of the fall bird collision monitor season. After a light rain, the sun emerged over the clouds, and BOOM we had a mass of collisions on the north east corner of buildings. Over 70 dead and 20 rescues for our entire downtown team. I am mainly found Tennessee Warblers.

Once-married Underwing Moth I found on the Superior Hiking trail in Duluth! Check out that camouflage!

Did you know Illinois has 13 species of bats? 8 of those can be found in Chicago. Today I spotted a migratory visitor downtown today -the Silver-haired Bat. www.lpzoo.org/the-bats-of-...

Does anyone have data on #bird collisions in San Francisco? I’ve only found a dataset form one building pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Chicago felt like a cloud forest this morning.

We rescued loads of stunned Brown Creepers this morning. Winter birds are still lingering, but our migratory friends are coming back! Call the Chicago Bird Collision Monitor hotline if you find a stunned or injured bird. ☎️773 988 1867

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

The birds are BACK, and we need help monitoring! Sign up for a training session: www.birdmonitors.net/Training.php #lifelnland #globalgoals

It is a WILD time to be a #medialiteracy teacher. Here are a thinking routines to help process the world: www.justicexdesign.org/tools#h.xqtb...

I've been volunteering with Chicago Bird Collisions Monitors for the last three years. In 2024 alone, we recovered over 10,000 birds injured due to urban hazards. We're having our first fundraiser on February 22nd! Click the link to donate, sponsor, or buy a ticket. www.birdmonitors.net/Events.php