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Two sets of antennae from the Greenbelt Forest Preserve Motus station sit on a rooftop with green trees, blue sky and white clouds in the background.
Audubon Great Lakes’ Radio Towers Detect Migratory Bird Species of Conservation Need
October 31, 2024 — Seven radio towers connect the Great Lakes coastline to the global Motus Wildlife Tracking Network
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Audubon Great Lakes Shares Solutions to Challenges Facing the Region at the 2024 Great Lakes Conference
October 31, 2024 — Audubon Great Lakes presented on importance of wetlands restoration, strong policies to protect wetlands and community engagement
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Sharing Our Shore – Waukegan Program Brings Community and Partners Together to Protect Piping Plovers
October 10, 2024 — A partnership between a local Audubon chapter and their municipality is helping Great Lakes Piping Plovers succeed in Lake County, Illinois 
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Common Grackle, Shiocton, Wisconsin
New Study Reveals Common Grackle Predation Threat to Endangered Great Lakes Piping Plovers
September 17, 2024 — First photographic documentation of Common Grackles consuming Piping Plover eggs
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Great Lakes Piping Plover stretches its wings in Michigan. Mary Lundeberg
A Hopeful Future: Another Record-Breaking Season for Great Lakes Piping Plovers
September 05, 2024 — A unified effort of dedicated conservationists, volunteers and community members are driving the recovery of an endangered shorebird
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Panelists gather for a group photo.
During World Water Week, Indianapolis Residents Call for Wetlands Protections, Action on Climate Change at Audubon Birds & Brews
August 29, 2024 — Birds and Brews, presented by Audubon Great Lakes and Amos Butler Audubon Society, welcomed Indiana residents, local leaders for a discussion on the policy solutions that will protect birds and communities
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Longtail Point Piping Plover pair.
Piping Plovers Nest Successfully in Lower Green Bay for Ninth Consecutive Year; Longtail Point Hosts Endangered Shorebird for Second Season in Recorded History
August 28, 2024 — Researchers, partners and volunteers work together to monitor and protect endangered shorebird
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A juvenile Cooper's Hawk stretches awkwardly while perched on a railing.
What is That Hawk Doing?
August 26, 2024 — Understanding the silly behaviors of Great Lakes juvenile hawks
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An Autonomous Recording Unit faces a luscious wetland to record bird songs.
Audubon Great Lakes Uses Groundbreaking Techniques to Monitor Endangered Marsh Birds in Indiana
August 26, 2024 — New technology is helping fill critical data gaps and inform on-the-ground conservation
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A Grasshopper Sparrow singing atop a shrub.
Helping Wisconsin’s Grassland Birds with Audubon Conservation Ranching
August 15, 2024 — Preserving habitats for imperiled grassland bird species
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