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Bird Carving
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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Attracting & Feeding Birds
Heritage Farms 1462 US Route 20 Bypass, PO Box 188,
Cherry Valley, IL 61016-0188; Ph: 1-800-845-2473 Fax: 815-332-2090
A Bird's World - 1,000's of Products for Wild Birds including Houses, Feeders & Baths from ABirdsWorld.com!
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Bird Books of Illinois
Outdoors and Nature Books
Children's Books
Science Books
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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
Checklist
Checklist of Illinois State Birds - Illinois Ornithological Society 1999
- 20 pgs.
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| Bird Festivals in Illinois |
Events & Festivals
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
Cache River Nature Fest - April 24 2010 - Cache River Wetlands
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
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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| Birding Societies in Illinois |
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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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
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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
Where to stay - Galena
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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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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 Find
a Eurasian Tree Sparrow in the Saint Louis Area
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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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