A beautifully illustrated and easy-to-use field guide for beginning birders and experienced naturalists alike. The book covers 341 of Illinois' most abundant or notable bird species. Full-color illustrations accompany comprehensive information on each species. Features include a Quick Reference Guide that provides at-a-glance images of each bird organized by color-coded family groupings. You'll also find maps of the best birding sites and descriptions of a number of Illinois' most notable birding sites.
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Written by two of the state's top birding experts, this field guide is a compendium of all the information one could possibly want about the Prairie State's sky troops. --The Star, Tinley Park, IL
You won't find this kind of information gathered together in one place anywhere else. It's a DO NOT MISS for Illinois birders! --Illinois Audubon Society
You won't find this kind of information gathered together in one place anywhere else. It's a DO NOT MISS for Illinois birders! --Illinois Audubon Society
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SHERYL DEVORE is an award-winning environmental journalist and editor. She works as an editor for Pioneer Press Newspapers, where she has been honored as Journalist of the Year and Best Feature Writer. DeVore also is department editor of the American Birding Association's Birding magazine and is an assistant editor for Chicago Wilderness magazine. DeVore has served as the founding and Chief Editor of Meadowlark, A Journal of Illinois Birds, a quarterly magazine published by the Illinois Ornithological Society. Her writing has been published by the National Audubon Society, Birder's World, Native Plants magazine, Illinois Steward, Illinois Audubon Society and other environment-related publications. De Vore recently received the Chicago Audubon Society's Environmental Writer of the Year award. Apart from her writing and editorial career, DeVore has consulted on breeding bird surveys for organizations such as the Lake County Forest Preserves. She has taught journalism classes at Northwestern University, as well as many nature and bird classes. DeVore also is has participated in panel presentations and workshops for such organizations as The Nature Conservancy, the Midwest Birding Symposium and the Chicago Botanic Garden.
STEVEN D. BAILEY is an ornithologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey. At the Survey, he works with the Critical Trends Assessment Program, a longterm project documenting breeding bird and plant communities in randomly selected forests, prairies and wetlands throughout Illinois. In his job, Bailey uses his keen ear to identify birds by their songs and calls, as well as his vast knowledge of the natural history of the birds of Illinois. With more than 30 years in the field, Bailey is considered one of the top experts on the breeding birds of Illinois.
Bailey continues to serve as an Associate Editor and Technical Advisor for Meadowlark: A Journal of Illinois Birds, the publication of the Illinois Ornithological Society. He also regularly contributes articles on Illinois' birds to the journal. Bailey has also written for such publications as Birding, Illinois Steward, Illinois Audubon and other state ornithological journals, and regularly gives talks to various groups on Illinois' avifauna.
STEVEN D. BAILEY is an ornithologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey. At the Survey, he works with the Critical Trends Assessment Program, a longterm project documenting breeding bird and plant communities in randomly selected forests, prairies and wetlands throughout Illinois. In his job, Bailey uses his keen ear to identify birds by their songs and calls, as well as his vast knowledge of the natural history of the birds of Illinois. With more than 30 years in the field, Bailey is considered one of the top experts on the breeding birds of Illinois.
Bailey continues to serve as an Associate Editor and Technical Advisor for Meadowlark: A Journal of Illinois Birds, the publication of the Illinois Ornithological Society. He also regularly contributes articles on Illinois' birds to the journal. Bailey has also written for such publications as Birding, Illinois Steward, Illinois Audubon and other state ornithological journals, and regularly gives talks to various groups on Illinois' avifauna.
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useful, colorful, detailed field guide written by experts,
This review is from: Birds of Illinois (Paperback)
If you want to identify birds in your Illinois backyard, or when you're hiking in the woods, on a picnic at the zoo, enjoying the flowers at the Botanic Gardens, or basking in the shade of a tree at an Arboretum, then this is the book for you. It won't confuse you with birds that don't belong in Illinois. This is THE field guide for Illinois bird watcher, no matter what the expertise. This guide is arranged by habitat and color coded for quick identification. Each bird has a full color beautiful drawing, interesting facts about the bird, including how to identify it in the field, as well as when during the year you're likely to see it. Sheryl DeVore, an award-winning environmental journalist and editor, writes with technical and poetic ease. Steve Bailey, an ornithologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey is one of the top experts on Illinois breeding birds; his maps make it easy to identify each bird as breeder, summer visitor, year-round resident, or migrator. Get this book if you live in Illinois and love to watch birds!
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Great Field Guide!,
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My husband and I are amateur birders and this was our first field guide for local birds. It is nice to have a guide without photographs and one with photographs. This one has drawings that have often helped me differentiate between similar species, like Baltimore and Orchard orioles. This book also has a wonderful suggestion section for places to find the bird that you are looking for and when to look for it. This stays in our birding bag all year long!
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This is a very descriptive and colorful book. It has helped me identify lots of local birds in Illinois. I have seen other books, and this one is very good. It is fairly compact, and it is easy to find the information you need. Buy this one first if you live in Illinois.
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