Melody Arnold, President of the Macon Co. chapter of the Audubon Society, describes the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, happening February 12-15 this year. She talks about a few of the birds that we are most likely to see in this area and how we can participate.

Melody Arnold was in the first class of Master Naturalists in Unit 17, now the Glacier's Edge MNs. She holds a B.S. in Education from Eastern Illinois University. She is retired from the Macon County Conservation District where she was the Education Specialist. Melody is the current President of the Macon Co. chapter of the Audubon Society.

This program is brought to you by our University of Illinois Extension Master Naturalist volunteers. Our East Central Illinois Master Naturalist mission is to develop an expanding corps of well-educated volunteers to provide service and support for partnering organizations in the conservation, restoration, management, and interpretation of natural resources and natural areas in East Central Illinois.