One day after the Gull Frolic on February 12th, a small group of birders joined gull expert, Amar Ayyash, and […]
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Category: IOS
IOS Honors Denis Bohm and Geoff Williamson
At the 2017 IOS Gull Frolic, IOS honored Denis Bohm and Geoff Williamson for their services to both IOS and […]
Read More → Rare Bird Alert – 26-Feb-2017
Neotropic Cormorant: Fulton (Central) – Corey Lange reported a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT at Thompson Lake in Fulton County on February 26th. […]
Read More → Rare Bird Alert – 13-Feb-2017
Gyrfalcon: McLean (Central) – On the morning of February 13th, a Gyrfalcon was photographed by Tim Lindenbaum on N 3100 […]
Read More → 2017 IOS Gull Frolic Field Trip Report
IOS hosted the 16th annual Gull Frolic on Saturday, February 11th, at the Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club in the northeast […]
Read More → LOONAPALOONZA 2017
Join us for our annual LOONAPALOONZA with veteran “Loon Ranger,” David B. Johnson, as we travel in style on a […]
Read More → Rare Bird Alert – 4-Feb-2017
California Gull: Cook (North) – On February 4th, a second cycle California Gull was photographed by Andrew Aldrich at Deadstick […]
Read More → Refinding the Painted Bunting
By Aaron Gyllenhaal, as told to Ted Wolff The first thing I saw was a bird flying over me with […]
Read More → IORC Update – 31 Jan 2017
The Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC) recently concluded evaluation of 23 records of occurrence of rare birds in Illinois, accepting […]
Read More → An Interview with Andy Stewart by Beau Schaefer
Beau: So tell us a little bit about who “Andy Stewart” is. Andy: Well, I grew up in Texas and […]
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