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Category: News
IOS 2023 Big Sit Competition and Fundraiser
Friday, Sep. 22 – Sunday, Sep. 24, 2023 Art by Laurie Kaufmann About the IOS 2023 Big Sit Stay put. […]
Read More → IOS 2021 Big Sit Competition and Fundraiser
Friday, Sep. 24 – Sunday, Sep. 26 About the IOS 2021 Big Sit Stay put. Count birds. Raise money! After […]
Read More → Backyard Big Day Results!
April 22, 2020 – The Illinois Ornithological Society Backyard Big Day went beyond our expectations on so many levels! Nearly […]
Read More → A Gift from IOS to the Birding Community
March 25, 2020 – As a way to showcase the redesigned Meadowlark Magazine to potential members, and in light of […]
Read More → Meadowlark is Back!
Dear Friends and Fellow IOS Members, At the beginning of the year, I wrote to you that Meadowlark publishing would […]
Read More → Barnacle Goose Added to the Illinois State List
Recent decisions by the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC) resulted in the addition of Barnacle Goose as the 445th species […]
Read More → Important IOS President’s Message and Membership Survey
The Illinois Ornithological Society (IOS) has been going strong for more than 25 years, long before I first raised my […]
Read More → Getting Started with Bird Photography – The Exposure Triangle
In this fourth article (Part I) I’d like to address a more technical topic-that of shooting modes. In my first […]
Read More → Getting Started with Bird Photography – Support Your Craft
Upon first glance this photo, taken without any support, appears sharp. However, if we take a close-up cross section-below-we can […]
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