The Illinois Ornithological Society
Dedicated to Illinois Birds and Birding

- Announcements & Upcoming Events -

The 2012 IOS Grant Program is now accepting applications. Awards of up to $1,000 are available to applicants conducting projects relating to birds and/or birding in Illinois.  Please consider making a donation to this important program.

Tthe 11th Annual Gull Frolic will take place on Saturday, February 18, 2012, beginning at 8:00 AM.

The submission form for the 2011 Listers Corners is now available!
Click here to download the blank form as a pdf or here to download it as a Word doc.

The Index for Volume 18, Number 1 - 4 of Meadowlark is now available: Meadowlark Index, Volume 18, Number 1 - 4. A link to the index can also be found on the Meadowlark Journal Information page.

Interested in monitoring birds in the Chicago area? See The Bird Conservation Network (BCN) Census page to learn how.

The Birds of Illinois series has been updated to reflect the recent taxonomic and nomenclatural changes made by the American Ornithologists' Union.

New photos added to the Photo Archives page include Burrowing Owl, Bewick's Wren, and Swainson's Warbler.

Support IOS through your purchases at Eagle Optics. Learn how here.


California Gull

Though it's not one of the regular winter gull species seen at the Gull Frolic, one of these California Gulls just may show up at this year's event. All the larophiles in attendance will be looking hard to find one! Sign up here to join the fun. After all, seeing a California Gull in February at Winthrop Harbor on Febuary 18, 2012, is almost as good as being in California in February, as long as you ignore the modest difference in temperature.
Photo by Carolyn Fields

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