Uncovering the Winter Secrets of Whip-poor-wills Everyday Environment Webinar Series Thursday, October 16 at 1pm CT
Often heard and rarely seen, the eastern whip-poor-will and its namesake nighttime call is an iconic Midwestern woodland bird. But like many other insect-eating birds, its numbers are declining. University of Illinois avian researchers are working to uncover the secrets of where this elusive bird goes and what it does when it leaves Illinois to overwinter in Florida, Central, and South America to better understand its full annual cycle. Bird watchers and nature enthusiasts alike will get a better understanding of what’s happening to whip-poor-wills in our backyard and across the country.
Presenter: Dave Edlund, Coordinator of the Midwest Eastern Whip-poor-will Project and natural resources, environmental sciences M.S. student, University of Illinois.
This webinar is part of the Everyday Environment Webinar Series. Each webinar is recorded and uploaded to the Everyday Environment Webinar playlist on University of Illinois Extension's YouTube channel: go.illinois.edu/everydayenvironmentrecordings.
If you will need an accommodation in order to participate, please email Erin Garrett, emedvecz@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.