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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/