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     Art Galleries & Artists
            Audubon Art Wrigley Building 410 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Il. 60611;  Ph: 312-642-5300 Fax: 312-644-9042 
            Free Spirit Art - Wildlife Art Gallery Box 196 Carterville, IL 62918; Ph: 618-985-6652  Fax: 618-985-3612   
            Michael L. P. Retter - Photographs  - Illinois Bird Page 
            R. G. Ferguson 1817 South Park Ave., Springfield, Illinois Ph: 217-546-2197 
            Wildwood Gallery 1010 S. State Street  Lockport, IL 60441; Ph: 815-838-9852  

    Other Art Galleries
          Snow Goose Gallery 9693 Gerwig Lane, Columbia, MD 21046; Ph: 410-290-6400  

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            Dick Blick Art Materials P.O. Box 1267, Galesburg, IL 61402-1267; Ph: 309-343-6181  Fax: 800-621-8293 
            Hardwood Connection 420 Oak Street, Dekalb, IL 60115; Ph: 815-758-6009
            Lindsay Publications P. O. Box 538, Bradley, IL 60915-0538; Ph: 815-935-5353
 

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             Heritage Farms 1462 US Route 20 Bypass, PO Box 188, Cherry Valley, IL  61016-0188; Ph: 1-800-845-2473  Fax:  815-332-2090
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Bird Books of Illinois

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            A Birder's Guide to the Chicago Region - Lynne Carpenter & Joel Greenberg  1999 - 242 pgs.
            Birding Illinois (FalconGuide) - Sheryl De Vore, Falcon Press 2000 - 356 pgs.
            Birds of Illinois - David Bohlin
            Birds of the St. Louis Area - Where and When to Find Them, by the Webster Groves Nature Study Society
            Chicago Area Birds - Steven Mlodinow
            Southern Illinois Birds; An Annotated List and Site Guide - W. Douglas Robinson 1996 - 433 pgs.
                    (revised edition, 1998) Webster Groves Nature Study Society P. O. Box 190065, St. Louis, MO  63119-6065
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            Checklist of Illinois State Birds - Illinois Ornithological Society 1999 - 20 pgs.

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 Bird Checklists in Illinois 
 
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            Bird Checklists of the United States - (USGS)
            Bird Counts in Illinois
            Birds of Illinois 
            Checklist of the Birds of Argonne National Laboratory
            Checklist of the Birds of DuPage County
            The Fermilab Bird List  
            Forest Preserve District of Cook County
            Illinois Bird Species List - Illinois Natural Resources Information Network 
            Illinois State Bird List - USGS
            State of Illinois Endangered and Threatened Birds
 
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January
             Bald Eagle Weekend January - at Starved Rock State Park and Illinois Waterway Visitor Center - places to stay
          Bald Eagle Viewing Programs - December through February - Pere Marquette State Park - places to stay
             Chicago Area Birding Opportunities and Events Urs Geiser  - places to stay    

April
         
Birding Fest of Southernmost Illinois - April 25 2009 -call: Cypress National Refuge Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge 0137 Rustic Campus Road
                          Ullin, IL 62992; Ph: 618-634-2231 618-634-2231

         
May
           International Migratory Bird Day - second Saturday of May each year - birders participate throughout United States, Canada,
                        Mexico & Central America  Ph: 703-358-2318 - places to stay
           Southern Illinois Birding Trip - May - For more information, contact V. Kleen
           Spring Bird Count - May

July-September
              Hummingbird Festivals - mid-July through mid-September - sponsored by Illinois Audubon Society - places to stay
 

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            Chicago Academy of Sciences & Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum  2430 N. Cannon Drive, Chicago IL, 60614;| Ph: 773-755-5100 
            Chicago Ornithological Society 10th Floor - #C980, 28 East Jackson Building, Chicago, IL 60604; Ph: 312-409-9678 
            The Chicagoland Environmental Network c/o Brookfield Zoo 3300 Golf Rd., Brookfield, IL 60513; Ph: 708-485-0263 x396 
            The DuPage Birding Club (630) 406-1535, 
            Evanston North Shore Bird Club P.O. Box 1313, Evanston, IL 60204-1313 
            Great Lakes Information Network  Christine Manninen
            Great Lakes Commission 400 Fourth Street, Argus II Bldg.Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4816; Ph: 734-665-9135, Fax: 734-665-4370 
            North Central Illinois Ornithological Society, 737 N. Main St., Rockford, IL 61103, USA. Ph: 815- 965-3095.

    Illinois Audubon Society
            Champaign County Audubon Society,  P.O. Box 882, Urbana, IL 61803 
            Chicago Audubon Society 5801-C North Pulaski Road Chicago, IL 60646-6057 Ph: 773-539-6793 
            Decatur Audubon Society P.O. Box 4571, Decatur, IL 62525 
            Du Page Audubon Society - Winfield
            John Wesley Powell Audubon Society - Normal
            Illinois Audubon Society 425B N. Gilbert, Danville, IL 61832; Ph: 217-446-5085 Fax: 217-446-6375
            Lake County Audubon Society , P.O. Box 332, Libertyville, IL 60048; Ph: 847-362-5897
            Northwest Illinois Audubon Society -  Freeport
            Peoria Audubon Society c/o Greet Princen ,  677 East High Point Terrace, Peoria, Illinois 61614 
            Prairie Woods Audubon Society P.O. Box 1065, Arlington Heights, IL 60006; Ph: 847-622-5321 
            Sinnissippi Audubon Society, 737 N. Main St., Rockford, IL 61103-6971, USA. Ph: 815-965-3433, Fax: 815-965-2703.
            Southern Illinois Audubon Society. P.O. Box 222, Carbondale, IL 62903-0222, USA.
            Thorn Creek Audubon Society,  P.O. Box 895, Park Forest, IL 60466;  Ph: 708-534-9081 
            Vermilion County Audubon Society P. O. Box 2664, Boulder, CO, 80321; Ph: 217-427-5563 
 
    Illinois Sierra Club 200 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 505 Chicago, IL 60601-5908;  Ph: 312-251-1680 Fax: 312-251-1780 
            Chicago  The Chicago Group of the Sierra Club 200 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 505 Chicago, IL 60601; Ph: 312-251-1680 
            Eagle View - Moline
            Field Museum - Mary Hennen Bird Division,  1400 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605 Ph: 312-665-7718 
            Heart of Illinois - Peoria
            Kaskaskia - Belleville
            Kishwaukee Solduc - De Kalb
            Northwest Cook 
            Piasa Palisades  Sierra Club Piasa Palisades Group 223 Market Street, Alton, IL 62002; Ph:  618-462-6802 Fax: 618-462-0282 
            Prairie Group P.O. Box 131, Urbana, IL  61803; Ph:  217-344-0867
            River Prairie Group - Naperville RPG Hotline, Ph: 630-985-1185
            Sangamon Valley - Springfield
            Sauk-Calumet - Park Forest
            Shawnee National Forest 
            Valley of the Fox -Geneva
            Vernon Hills, IL  60061 Hot-Line: 847-680-6437 
            Woods and Wetlands -  P.O. Box 5012, Neil

    Sierra Clubs in Illinois
            Illinois Chapter 200 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 505, Chicago, IL 60601-5908; Ph: 312-251-1680/ Fax: 312-251-1780 
            Midwest Field Office 214 N. Henry St. #203, Madison, WI 53703-2200; Ph: 608-257-4994/ Fax: 608-257-3513 

    Natural History Museums in Illinois
            BCNnet: E-mail List of the Bird Conservation Network (Illinois)  - Interactive Bird Data Page 
            Chicago Academy of Sciences Museum: 2430 N. Cannon Drive, Chicago IL  60614; Ph:  773-755-5100 
            Chicago Academy of Sciences Nature Museum
            Chicago Wilderness 
            The Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605-2496; Ph: 312.922.9410 
            The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

    Other Organizations
            Illinois Breeding Bird Atlas  Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 524 S. Second St., Springfield, IL 62701-1787;
            Illinois Natural History Survey 607 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL  61820; Ph: 217-333-6880 Fax: 217-333-4949 
            Illinois Ornithological Society   Ph:  217-785-8690.  
            Illinois State Museum Spring & Edwards Streets, Springfield IL 62706-5000; Ph: 217-782-7387 
            The Purple Martin Society, NA 7510 Farmingdale Drive, Suite 107, Darien, IL 60561; Ph:  630-850-8529   

 
 
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            Chicago Rare Bird Alert 847-265-2117
            DuPage Rare Bird Alert 640-406-8111 
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 Where To Go Birding in Illinois! 
 
 

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Birding in Adams County 

    National Wildlife Refuges in Illinois
            Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge 1704 North 24th St., Quincy, IL 62301; Ph: 217- 224-8580   (Adams) 


Birding in Clinton County 
            Carlyle Lake Bird Report 


Birding in Cook County 
            Bluff Spring Fen - Elgin, a northwest suburb of Chicago
            The Chicagoland Environmental Network c/o Brookfield Zoo 3300 Golf Rd., Brookfield, IL 60513; Ph: 708-485-0263 x396 
            Chicago Ornithological Society 10th Floor - #C980, 28 East Jackson Building, Chicago, IL 60604; Ph: 312-409-9678 
            Feral Monk Parakeets in Chicago! Jason M. Smith 
            Hyde Park Chicago Birding - Caroline L. Herzenberg 1700 E. 56th Street, #2707, Chicago IL 60637; Ph: 773-955-7072 
            Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Drive, Chicago IL, 60614; Ph:  773-755-5100 
            The Sierra Club Lake Calumet Wetlands Project 1 N. LaSalle St., Ste. 4242 Chicago, IL 60602; Ph: 312-251-1680 Fax:312-251-1780 
           The Calumet Environmental Resource Center Paul & Emily Douglas Library - Room 303 Chicago State University 9501
                    S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Chicago, IL  60628-1598; Ph: 773-995-2964 
            Chicago and Illinois Net-Birding - Urs Geiser  
            Chicago area birding guide, -Jim Frazier
            Current Chicago Hotline
            Recent sightings at Fermilab, - Peter Kasper
            Recent postings to IBET, the Illinois Birding Mail List
            Eric Secker's bird sightings
            McDowell Grove bird sightings, - Bob Rowland
            Evanston North Shore Bird Club P.O. Box 1313, Evanston, IL 60204
            Birding the Montrose Point
            The Lake Calumet Wetlands

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Birding in DuPage County 
            McDowell Grove Bird Sightings - Robert Rowland 
            Current DuPage hotline transcript
            Seasonal checklist of the birds of DuPage County, by Denis Kania
            Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary, 1111 East Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg, IL 60194; Ph: 847-985-2100.


Birding in Fulton County 
            Banner Marsh Fish & Wildlife Area - Illinois Department of Natural Resources
            Rice Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area - Illinois Department of Natural Resources
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Birding in Jersey County 

    National Wildlife Refuges in Illinois
            Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge  - Kent County, Maryland Parks & Recreation
            Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge - Mary Scott 
            Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge HCR 82 Box 107, Brussels, IL 62013; Ph: 618-883-2524  (jersey) 


Birding in JoDaviess County 
            Apple River Canyon State Park between Stockton and Warren on Canyon Park Road. 815/745-3302.
            Long Hollow Tower & Scenic Overlook - Elizabeth
            Tapley Woods Wayside - Elizabeth
            Grant Home State Park - Galena
            Blanding's Landing Recreation Area - Hanover
            Speer Park - Hanover
            White Park - Hanover
            Galena Historical Sites - Galena

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Birding in Marion County 
            Karl Bartel Wildlife Sanctuary Land & Water Reserve


Birding in Mason County 

    National Wildlife Refuges in Illinois
            Chautauqua National Wildlife RefugeHavana, IL 62644; Ph: 309-535-2290 Fax: 309-535-3023 
            Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge  19031 E CR 2110N, Havana, IL 62644; Ph: 309-535-2290 Fax: 309-535-3023 
            Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges 19031 East County Road 2110N, Havana, IL 62644 309/535-2290 
            Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge  19031 E CR 2110N, Havana, IL 62644; Ph: 309-535-2290 Fax: 309-535-3023 


Birding in McHenry County 
            Birds Of McHenry County Illinois 815-385-8022 
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Birding in Menard County 
            Adams Wildlife Sanctuary 2315 East Clear Lake Ave., P.O. Box 20106, Springfield, IL 62703; Ph: 217-544-5781 
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Where To Go Birding in Illinois - in General

    National Wildlife Refuges in Illinois
            Chautauqua National Wildlife RefugeHavana, IL 62644; Ph: 309-535-2290 Fax: 309-535-3023 
            Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge 
            Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge 8588 Route 148, Marion, IL 62959; Ph:  618-997-3344 Fax: 618-997-8961 
            Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge  0137 Rustic Campus Drive, Ullin, IL 62992; Ph: 618/634 2231 Fax: 618/634 9656  
            Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge  19031 E CR 2110N, Havana, IL 62644; Ph: 309-535-2290 Fax: 309-535-3023 
            Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges 19031 East County Road 2110N, Havana, IL 62644; Ph: 309/535-2290 
            Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge 1704 North 24th St., Quincy, IL 62301; Ph: 217-224-8580 
            Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge  19031 E CR 2110N, Havana, IL 62644; Ph: 309-535-2290 Fax: 309-535-3023 
            Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge HCR 82 Box 107, Brussels, IL 62013; Ph: 618-883-2524 
 

     Nature Conservancy in Illinois
            Bluff Spring Fen - Elgin, a northwest suburb of Chicago
            Cedar Glen - Kibbe Station's Resident Manager Ph:217-256-4519 
            Chinquapin Bluffs - Eureka office Ph: 309-467-4662
            Emiquon - Great Rivers Area Office in Havana at Ph: 309-543-6502.
            Fel-Pro RRR - 1520 Crystal Lake Road, Cary, Illinois. Contact Metropolitan Family Services at Ph: 847-658-8212.
            Grassy Slough - Shawnee Hills Field Office, 0139 Rustic Campus Drive, Ullin, IL 62992; Ph: 618-634 25242
            Indian Boundary Prairies - south of Chicago near the junction of U.S. Route 57 and Interstate 294
            Kankakee Sands - not yet been made open to the public
            Nachusa Grasslands - North-central Illinois, near Franklin Grove 
            Spunky Bottoms - Great Rivers Area Office in Havana, Illinois at Ph: 309-543-6502

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