The following publications were referenced to create this website:
  1. The Department of Environment & Judy Pollock, Birds of the Windy City, Chicago, IL: City of Chicago, 2001.
  2. Lincoln, Frederick C., Migration of Birds, Circular 16. Ed. John L. Zimmeramn. Rev. ed. Manhattan, KS: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1998.
  3. Schilling, Terry, and Christine Williamson. The Lake Michigan Flyway: Chicagoland's Role in the Miracle of Bird Migration, The Bird Conservation Network.
  4. National Audubon Society and David Allen Sibley, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2001.
  5. National Geographic Society, Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic Society, 2001.
  6. National Audubon Society and David Allen Sibley, The Sibley Guide to Birds, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
  7. Bull, John and John Farrand, Jr., The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region, New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1977.
  8. Peterson, Roger Tory, A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980.
  9. Fisher, Chris C. and David B. Johnson, Birds of Chicago, Renton, WA: Lone Pine Publishing, 1998.
  10. Anderson, Alan, Biss, Richard, DeBaets, William, Eshbaugh, Homer, Johnson, David B., Sanders, Jeffrey and Alan Stokie, Birds of the Greater Chicago Area - a Seasonal Checklist, Chicago Audubon Society, revised 1998.