Event Type: Meeting
Program: Birds of Midewin
Speaker: Greg DuBois
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: Matteson Public Library
Meeting Room A&B - take the elevator or stairs to the lower level 
Address: 801 School Avenue, Matteson, IL (map)

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is a little known jewel of Northern Illinois. Located near Elwood, Midewin is a breathtaking 19,000 acres of restored habitat managed by the U.S. Forest Service. This protected area contains a wide variety of habitat for wildlife including wet and dry prairie, forest, wetlands, creeks and ponds and numerous trails birders can explore.

This program will feature the diverse bird life of this wonderful place that Greg DuBois has experienced over the years.

Greg is Vice-President and Program Director of Will County Audubon. Since retiring from Exelon Nuclear in 2011, Greg has pursued his passion for birding and photography in many states. He has been a bird monitor and co-leader of birding tours at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie for five years. He is also the BCN bird monitor at O’Hara Woods near Romeoville. Greg and his wife, Cathy, spend Januarys in Florida where they bird extensively. Greg’s birding and photography interests continue to reach across the boundaries of the United States.

Take a look at Midewin: US Forest Preserve Map

Note the location: Meetings are at the Matteson Public Library since the Park Forest Library, where we previously met, now closes at 7:00 pm.

> COVID Precautions: We ask that everyone attending in-person meetings be FULLY VACCINATED. Masks are welcome but not required.

Everyone is welcome to attend this program!

The Library provides meeting room space as a community service; this Thorn Creek Audubon meeting is not sponsored or endorsed by the Matteson Area Public Library District.