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For more information on birding, bird migration, and Chicago birding, check out some or all of the following resources.
  • Bird-Safe Building Design Guide (pdf 370K)
  • Chicago Region Birding Trail Guide (pdf 3.2MB)
  • The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region
    Author: John Bull and John Farrand, Jr.
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY
  • Big City Birds
    Publisher: Openlands Project
    Call (312)427-4256 to receive a free flyer about Chicago's 20 most common birds.
  • Birding Illinois
    Author: Sheryl DeVore
    Publisher: Falcon Publishing
  • Birds of Chicago
    Author: Chris C. Fisher and David B. Johnson
    Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing
  • Birds of North America
    Author: The American Ornithologists' Union, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
    Publisher: The Birds of North America, Inc.
  • Birds of the Windy City
    Author: Judy Pollock
    Publisher: City of Chicago Department of Environment and Chicago Park District, in collaboration with the US Fish & Wildlife Service and the National Audubon Society
    To obtain a free copy, click here to download the pdf version, call the Nature Chicago Hotline at Call (312)743-9283.
  • Chicago Lakefront Bird Trail Guide
    Call the Chicago Park District at 312-742-PLAY
  • Chicago Park District Lakefront Bird Habitat Guidelines
    Call the Chicago Park District at 312-742-PLAY
  • Urban Conservation Treaty for Migratory Birds
    Go to http://www.fws.gov/birds/urbantreaty.html
  • Feeding Waterfowl May Be Harmful
    Go to http://training.fws.gov/library/Pubs9/caution_waterfowl.pdf
  • Cats Indoors! The Campaign for Safer Birds and Cats
    Go to http://www.abcbirds.org/cats/
  • Chicago Wilderness Magazine
  • Chicago Area Birds
    Author: Steven Mlodinow
    Publisher: Chicago Review Press
  • Chicago Wilderness Magazine
    Editor: Debra Shore
    This quarterly magazine is associated with Chicago Wilderness, an alliance of 131 public and private organizations who study, restore, protect and manage natural resources in the Chicago area.
  • A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America
    Author: Roger Tory Peterson
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Field Guide to the Birds of North America
    Author: National Geographic Society
    Publisher: National Geographic Society
  • Migration of Birds
    Author: Frederick C. Lincoln
    Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • The Random House Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of the World's Birds
    Author: Jonathan Elphick
    Publisher: Random House, Inc.
  • The Sibley Guide to Birds
    Author: David Allen Sibley
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior
    Author: David Allen Sibley
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf