Links
BIRD RELATED LINKS:
CONTACTS AND LINKS FOR TECHNICAL BIRD QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION ON RELATED SUBJECTS
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Department of Resource Management
708-771-1180
Forest Preserve District of Lake County
Lake County General Offices
847-367-6640; http://www.lcfpd.org
Bird Banding Laboratory
800-327-BAND (2263)
FOR AID TO SICK, INJURED & ORPHANED BIRDS OR OTHER WILDLIFE
Willowbrook Wildlilfe Center
525 S. Park Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
630-942-6200
Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation
Barrington, IL
847-842-8000
Barnswallow
Wauconda, IL 847-487-3606 for raptors
Chicago Bird Collision Monitors (CBCM) hotline
773-988-1867 (not a rehab center but may assist in getting birds to the above shelters)
RARE BIRD ALERTS
To report: 847-265-2117
Chicago: 847-265-2118
DuPage: 630-406-8111
LINKS TO OTHER BIRDING SITES
American Bird Conservancy: https://abcbirds.org/
American Birding Association: http://www.aba.org/birding/
Bird Conservation Network: http://bcnbirds.org
Bird-friendly Evanston: https://www.facebook.com/groups/birdfriendlyevanston/
Birdingpal: http://birdingpal.org/ Birdingpal is a well known website for traveling birdwatchers,
with several thousand local professional birdwatching contacts and guides around the world.
Chicago Academy of Sciences, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: www.naturemuseum.org/
Chicago Audubon Society (CAS): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1467626873474886/
Chicago Ornithological Society (COS): https://www.facebook.com/groups/chicagobirder/
Citizens Greener Evanston (CGE): https://www.facebook.com/CitizensGreenerEvanston/
Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary: https://clarkstreetbeachbirdsanctuary.org/
Field Museum of Natural History: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/
Field Museum of Natural History Rapid Color Guides https://www.fieldmuseum.org/node/4761
Hawk Migration Association of North America http://www.hmana.org/ Link to locations of IBSP (North Unit), Greene Valley and Ft Sheridan hawk watching sites. Daily, monthly, and yearly hawk data are readily accessible on-line.
Illinois Audubon Society: www.illinoisaudubon.org
Illinois Ornithological Society: www.illinoisbirds.org - see links to birding sites
Illinois Audubon Society: www.illinoisaudubon.org
Isabella Woods: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1949335025332412/
Nature Conservancy:https://www.nature.org/en-us/
Natural Habitat Evanston: https://www.facebook.com/groups/naturalhabitatevanston/
Partners in Flight: https://www.partnersinflight.org/
Project Snowstorm: https://www.projectsnowstorm.org/ Track the irruptions continent-wide of Snowy Owls
tagged with GPS monitors.
LINKS TO TRAVEL WEBSITES:
https://www.redhillbirding.com/