Selected Birding Links

Recent Sightings

• Recent postings to IBET, the Illinois birding mail list
• Illinois Birders Forum by Greg Neise
• Recent sightings at Fermilab, by Peter Kasper

Chicago Area Birding

• 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.

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.

Locales with Good Birding

• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, near Batavia
• The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle
• Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Ornithology Education

Locally, it is possible to obtain certificates in ornithology at the following institutions:

• The Morton Arboretum in Lisle.
• A variety of ornithology classes, some with field trips, are offered through the College of DuPage, see listings under Biology, Zoology, and Field Studies.

Other area colleges and universities may also offer curricula in ornithology.

General Birding Links

• Birding on the net, by Jack Siler
• Bird links of the world, by Denis LePage

Other Bird-Related Links

• BirdCast, read about the state-of-the-art bird migration forecast project being developed at Cornell.
• Words on Birds, a collection of newspaper columns about birds and birdwatching by Club member Jeff Reiter.
• Nature Inquiries, a more-or-less daily blog on many natural history subjects by Club member Carl Strang.