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Join Peoria Audubon Society
Why join? | Membership Benefits | Volunteer Opportunities | How Do I Join?
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Learn about birds, their natural habitats, and related conservation issues through monthly programs and special events
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Sharpen your bird identification skills through field trips and networking with other local bird enthusiasts
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Contribute to the collective knowledge of Central Illinois birds by participating in bird counts and censuses
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Pass your knowledge along by assisting in public education programs
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Voice your concern for birds and Central Illinois’ wild places by participating in conservation efforts
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Demonstrate your commitment to habitat preservation by getting involved with the sanctuary initiative
Membership Benefits
Programs- Monthly programs from September to May on birds, birding (a.k.a. birdwatching), and conservation issues.
- Seasonal trips to Central Illinois locations, timed to coincide with migratory and wintering birds.
- Birding the Illinois River trips that highlight waterfowl around the backwater lakes south of Peoria, in the spring and fall.
- Special trips to nature preserves that are owned and managed by Peoria Audubon.
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Spring bird counts for Peoria and adjacent counties.
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Christmas bird counts centered in Peoria, Chautauqua (Mason county), and Chillicothe.
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Local field trips
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January Eagle Day
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Fourth of July Butterfly Count
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Fall Bird Seed Sale
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Peoria Hummingbird Festival
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Christmas and Spring Bird Counts
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Email notification of upcoming events including field trips, access to live-streamed monthly meetings, and more
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Peoria Audubon Facebook - for latest information
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National Audubon Society's Audubon magazine (with national membership)
Volunteer Opportunities
EducationPeoria Audubon sponsors Audubon Adventures, National Audubon’s conservation newsletter, in select local third-grade classrooms. Peoria Audubon also participates in local nature-related events such as the Clean Water Celebration held for junior high students each spring at the Peoria Civic Center.
Conservation
Peoria Audubon works on select local conservation issues. Recent efforts have focused on the dedication of Peoria Park District’s Singing Woods property as an Illinois State Nature Preserve and helping Illinois Audubon preserve Plum Island, important wintering eagle habitat adjacent to Starved Rock State Park.
Sanctuary Initiative
In 2000, Peoria Audubon started a sanctuary initiative to support the long-range goal of acquiring a local bird sanctuary for public wildlife observation. A standing committee works on fund-raising efforts, fund management, planning, and scouting potential sanctuary sites.
Partnerships Send mail-in form with check
join our local chapter and be included in all local communications via
email.
Register
Online to become a member of both Peoria Audubon Society and
National Audubon Society. National Audubon members also will
receive the quarterly Audubon Magazine. Your dual membership will
support our local chapter plus support national conservation efforts.
Dual membership includes membership in
the Peoria Audubon Society and
the
National Audubon Society.
Peoria Audubon is incorporated in the State of Illinois with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, making all charitable contributions tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.
Peoria Audubon partners with local and state organizations to further bird and habitat conservation. Members serve on the Heartland Water Resources Council, the Audubon Council of Illinois, and advise the Crow Creek Watershed committee.
How Do I Join?