The Illinois
Ornithological Society

Note: Only links to non-commercial Web sites are or will be included on this page. Updated on July 20, 2010.

General

• Barbolink's World A collection of great birding links.
• Birdingonthe.Net A great resource. Includes links to transcripts of mailing lists.
• Bird Links to the World An amazing collection of links to sites for checklists, trip reports, mailing lists, tour groups, and photographs from around the world.
• Surfbirds A great all-around birding site. Full of tips, advice, reviews, photos and more. You name it and Surfbirds has it.
• The A. O. U. Check-list of North American Birds Seventh Edition.

Identification

• Sibley Guides David Sibley's Web site. Includes several identification articles.
• Colorado Field Ornithologists The Mystery Photo Quiz at this site is challenging and educational.
• Don Roberson's site The 10 most misidentified birds of Monterey County is must reading.
• Ducks at a Distance The online version of the United States Geological Survey booklet of the same name.
• Fish Crow ID How to tell a Fish Crow from an American Crow.
• Identification of Dowitchers in the Pacific Northwest Very helpful for identifying dowitchers in the Midwest too.
• Identification of Northern and Loggerhead Shrikes From the Ontario Field Ornithologists Web site.
• Louisiana Ornithological Society A number of excellent identification articles can be found on the LOS Web site.
• Powdermill Bird Banding Photos of handheld birds are presented here. Includes notes on ageing, sexing, and identification. A great resource.
• Real Birds A fantastic site! Includes a wonderful photo gallery and "virtual" tours of two birding hotspots.

Illinois & Midwestern Birding

• Birding LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve How to bird LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve in Chicago, Illinois.
• Carlyle Lake Bird Report If you want to know what's being seen at Carlyle Lake in southern Illinois, this is the site to check. Includes a nice collection of rare bird pics from the area.
• Chicago Ornithological Society Web site of Chicago's oldest birding club.
• DuPage Birding Club Western suburban Chicago birding club.
• Evanston North Shore Bird Club Located in north suburban Chicago.
• Fermilab Birding Locations Includes a map and bird list for birding Fermilab in western DuPage County.
• Illinois and Chicago Net-Birding A compendium of links to various birding sites. An excellent resource.
• Illinois Birders' Forum An online discussion forum covering a wide variety of birding topics.
• Illinois Young Birders An Illinois birding club for young people ages 9 to 18. New!
• Kane County Audubon Society Includes a calendar of events for the Fox River Valley.
• Lake Cook Audubon Chapter Bird watching events and programs in and around Lake County Illinois.
• The Montrose Primer An online guide to birding the Montrose Point area in Chicago.
• The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Includes a field trip schedule and a monthly birding guide for our neighbor to the north.
• Whitefish Point Bird Observatory An online guide to birding Whitefish Point in Michigan. Recently updated.

Other Sites

• Backyard Bird Problems Covers everything from problem squirrels at your feeder to caring for injured birds.
• Birdingpal Need a contact or someone to go birding with? Check out this site.
• Birdwatching Myths Erik Blom discusses and dispells a number of misconceptions about birds.
• eBird A Web site that allows users to record and keep track of their North American bird sightings. Developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society.
• HawkCount Features daily and monthly summaries from established hawk watching sites around North America. Part of HMANA's (Hawk Migration Association of North America) Raptors Online effort.
• Jean Iron's Web site Web site of Canadian birder and photographer Jean Iron. Full of great bird and mammal photos from Canada.
• North American Birders' Forum An online discussion forum covering a wide variety of birding topics of interest to North American birders. New!
• Patuxent Bird Banding Laboratory Everything you want to know about bird banding is at this site. Includes a 1-800 number for finding out where a particular bird was banded.
• Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (SORA) A searchable online archive of several ornithological journals.