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So you’ve decided to give bird photography a try! You’ve rented, bought or borrowed a digital SLR and a lens. […]

Hi there and welcome to my first monthly IOS newsletter post. My name is Demayne Murphy and I started photographing […]

A few years back, I was looking for a LeConte’s Sparrow that had been reported at Prairie Green in Kane […]

In 1996, W. Douglas Robinson published Southern Illinois Birds: An Annotated List and Site Guide, a resource that documented the […]

Where have all the whip-poor-will’s gone? This is a common question I am confronted with. I think it is a […]

At the Gull Frolic, IOS President, Matthew Cvetas, took the opportunity to honor two long time members of the Illinois […]

IOS is pleased to announce we are now accepting applications for the 2018 Illinois Ornithological Society Grant Program. Awards of […]

What are these things we call seasons? Is it winter as I shelter in my car looking out over wind-scoured […]

Twenty-three consecutive days of winter birding no matter how bitter the cold. Rising before dawn to listen for owls and […]

As November rolls in, many Illinois birders shift their focus to a shorter list of target species. The majority of […]