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Lesser Goldfinch added to the Illinois State List of Birds

July 8, 2022October 21, 2025

On the basis of an individual found, photographed, measured, and banded by Leslie DeCourcey at Sagawau Environmental Learning Center, Cook […]

July 8, 2022October 21, 2025

The Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC) recently concluded evaluations of 29 records of the occurrence of rare birds in Illinois. […]

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022

The Executive Director of the Illinois Audubon Society is responsible for the overall leadership, operation, planning, and management of all […]

June 5, 2022October 21, 2025

The Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC) recently concluded evaluations of 35 records of the occurrence of rare birds in Illinois. […]

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

Wildlife biologists at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) have advised that bird lovers may resume using backyard feeders […]

May 9, 2022

Join Shawnee Chapter Illinois Audubon at War Bluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday May 14 for our first BioBlitz! The […]

April 26, 2022October 21, 2025

Much of the work of the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC) consists in the evaluation of evidence for the occurrence […]

April 26, 2022October 21, 2025

The Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC) welcomes Kyle Wiktor to the committee as its newest member. Kyle began a three-year […]

February 28, 2022

The Illinois Audubon Society has increased the size of its’ Amboy Marsh Nature Preserve (Lee County) by 133 acres with […]

January 30, 2022October 21, 2025

The Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC) recently concluded evaluations of 58 records of the occurrence of rare birds in Illinois. […]