I had the pleasure of leading an Illinois Ornithological Society field trip for Smith’s Longspurs in McLean County this morning […]
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Category: IOS
Loonapaloonza 2017 Field Trip Report
Twenty-one observers gathered at the Gale Street Restaurant parking lot at 8am on April 1st to have coffee, muffins, and […]
Read More → Homage to a Reluctant Mentor
Jennifer Hoffman, Mixed Media Artist and Designer, shares her poem, Homage to a Reluctant Mentor. He was: The mist and […]
Read More → 2016 Listers Corner
The 2016 Listers Corner is now up and available for viewing! From Yard Lists to Big Days, there’s something for […]
Read More → Rare Bird Alert – 29-Mar-2017
Neotropic Cormorant: Livingston (Central) – Demetri Lafkas photographed a Neotropic Cormorant at the ponds just north of Pontiac, Livingston County […]
Read More → Wintering Raptors of Central Illinois
General Reflections Based on Surveys in McLean and Woodford Counties In the fall of 2007, Matthew Winks and I created […]
Read More → IORC Update – 10 March 2017
This update reports the 2017 membership of the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC), recent changes to the IORC Review List, […]
Read More → Birding Evergreen Lake by Benjamin Murphy
Evergreen Lake, which is located in both McLean and Woodford Counties and the surrounding Comlara Park, is arguably the overall […]
Read More → Memorial to Wes Serafin by Al Stokie
Hello Bird People, I have been running into Wes Serafin since the late 1980’s and his presence always made the […]
Read More → Memorial to Joan Norek by Al Stokie
Hello Bird People, A Requiem in the Middle Ages and Renaissance was a musical service, as in a Requiem Mass, […]
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