Selected Birding Links

Local Bird-Related Information

• Recent postings to IBET, the Illinois birding mail list
• Illinois Birders Forum by Greg Neise
• Recent sightings at Fermilab, by Peter Kasper
• Chicago and Illinois Net-Birding, by Urs Geiser, with many more local and regional links
• Chicago area birding guide, by Jim Frazier
• Illinois Birding Calendar, maintained by Jenny Vogt for the Illinois Ornithological Society.
• Nature Inquiries, a more-or-less daily blog on many natural history subjects by Club member Carl Strang.
• Words on Birds, a collection of newspaper columns about birds and birdwatching by DBC member Jeff Reiter.

Places To Go Birding

• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, near Batavia
• The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle

Bird Vocalization

• Bird Vocalizations, Cornell collection of Natural Sounds
• EarBirding, Recording, identifying and interpreting.

National Bird-Related Information

• Beyond BirdFeeders: A Complete Guide to Birdwatching, a wealth of birding information.
• Tuffbirds, Summary of RBA reports of rarities of ABA difficulty code of 2 or higher
• Birder's Dashboard, eBird recent rarity sightings/hotspots.
• AllAboutBirds, online guide to birds and birdwatching
• MangoVerde, World birding guide and photos
• Birds of North America, top site for North America birds
• Sibley Guides, A can't miss!
• Bird links of the world, Multiple bird links
• Virtual Birder, test your birding skills
• Birding on the net, by Jack Siler
• Biodiversity Heritage Library, ornithology archives and texts
• Visual Resources for Ornithology, excellent source of digitized bird images.
• IBC, thousands of bird photos and videos
• BirdingPal, find a birding contact anywhere in the world.
• Owling, largest website dedicated to Owls
• NestCams, view nesting birds
• USGS, report banded birds here
• Surfbirds.Birding info plus
• American Birding Association, find out what's happening in birding today.
• Bird Watcher's Digest, A major source of birding articles.

Weather

• National Weather Service, Find out weather conditions in your area.

Nature-Related

• Nature Alley, Nature photos and information.
• ENature, Nature Field Guides.
• Julie Zickenfoose Blog, A DBC blog favorite.

Conservation

• The DuPage Birding Club is a member of the Chicago area Bird Conservation Network.
• The Chicago Wilderness Habitat Project, including the Illinois Important Bird Areas (IBA).
• The Purple Martin Society, NA, is directed by a member of the DuPage Birding Club.
• The Conservation Foundation is a not-for-profit land and watershed protection organization active in DuPage, Kane, Will, and Kendall Counties.
• The Lake Forest Open Lands Association is a private land trust in northeastern Illinois. Its land holdings include valuable breeding grounds for many uncommon bird species.