Internet Birding Resources focused on Lake County & Northeast Illinois

Lake-Cook Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society

Dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of wildlife and to the achievement of an ecologically sound environment

Photo: Birders with scopes survey Chataqua Wildlife Reserve in Central Illinois

Photo: Birders advertise their hobby with their license plates

Photo: Chipping Sparrow, 4/23/2008 Deerfield, IL by Bonnie Duman


	Additional content on this website: Almond Marsh Endangered Great Blue Heron Rookery and more in Lake County, Illinois Gull Frolic 2007 Laugh at the name, but read about this great 2007 winter outing at Winthrop Harbor, Illinois. An annual event. Don't miss the next one! Rollins Savanna Help protect winter wildlife habitat at Rollins Savanna Openlands Lakeshore Preserve & Bartlett Ravine Over 1 mile of Lake Michigan lakefront and adjacent bluffs & ravines now part of a new wildlife preserve Bird Banding every May at S.W.A.M.P. Learn about avian research being conducted here in Lake County and how you can participate any day in May. Archives 2005- 2006 Chapter Programs 2006-2007 Chapter Programs 2005-2006 Chapter Field Trips 2006 -2007 Chapter Field Trips Birding Resources on the Internet Here is a gateway to birding resources on the Internet. Below you will find links to websites of interest to birders as well as additional pages on this website. Enjoy your exploration. If you would like to recommend websites to be included on this page, please send and email to WingTIPS@LakeCookAudubon.org. Similarly, if you discover that listed links are no longer active, we'd appreciate if you would drop us a note. Other Illinois Audubon Society Chapters in Northern Illinois Will County Audubon Kane County Audubon McHenry County Audubon Birding Resources Links to Paid Advertisers Birding Websites and Natural Areas of Interest with an Illinois focus: Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation If you find an injured bird or wish to donate time rescuing migrating birds, contact this bird rescue and recovery team. Illinois Raptor Center The Illinois Raptor Center is a non-profit wildlife and environmental education center located near Decatur in central Illinois. Prairie Ridge Interpretive Site Prairie Ridge State Natural Area is one of the best sites in Illinois for observing rare species of grassland wildlife. Robert Ridgway Grasslands The goal for Robert Ridgway Grasslands NP is to provide habitat for greater prairie-chicken and several other threatened and endangered grassland-dependent birds. Illinois Ornithological Society A website dedicated to Illinois Birds & Birding Bird Conservation Network The Bird Conservation Network is a coalition of organizations with an interest in the conservation of birds in northeast Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northwestern Indiana Chicago Bird Collisions Monitor Helping migratory birds safely navigate through Chicago's high rises IBET (Illinois Birders Exchanging Thoughts) Illinois' birding listserv, IBET is an e-mail list for the discussion of wild birds & birding issues relating to Illinois. Lake County Audubon An Illinois Chapter of the National Audubon Society (not related to or affiliated with the Illinois Audubon Society Hawks in the Sky Features the Illinois Beach State Park Hawk Watch. Raptor enthusiasts monitor fall migration and environmental factors Illinois and Chicago Net-Birding Urs Geiser's home brew assortment of NE Illinois birding online resources