A Cuckoo in the Nest: A Podcast on Chicagoland Biodiversity & Conservation

Another winter resident is on the discussion board today! Have you seen these little gray-bodied beauties in your backyard as of late? Tune in to learn about one of our wintertime visitors and their presence in the Chicagoland community!

Happy New Year! We're starting off 2019 with Jamie Viebach, Will County Program Coordinator with The Conservation Foundation. We're diving into the MANY ways you, yes YOU can support your local environment and better care for your own household at the same time.

Happy solstice, everyone! We're talking about the many ways you can still connect with the outdoors despite it being wintertime in the Chicagoland area. Have any other suggestions? Be sure to let us know to be featured on our social media!

Move over Marvel, the real “Winter Soldier” has arrived! A backyard regular and wintertime warrior, the Black-capped chickadee is a small bird with an amazing amount of resilience! Join us as we talk about this bird’s ability to withstand cold Chicagoland winters, as well as the importance of their presence in our local environment.

Today we're covering a wintertime visitor - the Snowy owl! Tune in to learn more about our climate-sensitive friends.

The snow has (hopefully) fallen and you're enjoying Chicagoland in the winter! Wondering how to better support your local wildlife? Tune to to learn about our best tips for connecting with nature during this time of year.

Today we're chatting about hibernation (and other states of dormancy). Think you know what Chicagoland wildlife is up to this time of year? Tune in to find out!

Have you met Chicagoland's largest weasel species? We're chatting about one of the region's apex predators, and how their return to local waterways has benefited our ecosystem as a whole.

Woodchucks, groundhogs, whistle pigs… whatever you call them, we’d like to formally introduce you to the largest ground squirrel species found here in Illinois!

Happy Bat Week (Oct 24 - 31)! We're chatting about local bat species and how they thrive in the Chicagoland region. Do you know what's fact or fiction? Tune in now to find out!