International Migratory Bird Day Archives

Breaking Bread with Neighbor Loaves

May 9, 2020May 22, 2020 Mike Nowak Artisan Grain Collaborative, breaking bread, eco-influencer, flour and yeast shortage, Global Big Day, Hewn Bakery, International Migratory Bird Day, Neighbor Loaves, Pam Karlson, Peggy Malecki, Red Hill Birding, Sheryl DeVore, The Mike Nowak Show

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Alyssa Hartmann, Executive Director of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, and Ellen King, co-owner and head baker of Hewn in Evanston, talk about the Neighbor Loaves program to bring bread to people who need it. Backyard birders became citizen scientists on the annual Global Big Day on Saturday, May 9. Josh Engel of Red Hill Birding, writer Sheryl DeVore and birder Pam Karlson join us to celebrate the occasion.

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May 6, 2017 – Counting Birds

May 5, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak bird migration, conservation, Cook County Forest Preserves, environment, gardening, habitat, International Migratory Bird Day, The Mike Nowak Show, urban wildlife, US Fish and Wildlife

Louise Clemency from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Chicago Illinois Field Office and Nina Baki of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, join Mike and Peggy to talk about spring migration and the various bird count activities happening this month.