Beginning Birdwatching 2021 Resource List Field Guides and how-to Birds of Illinois-Sheryl Devore and Steve Bailey The New Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America-Bill Thompson III Sibley’s Birding Basics-David Sibley Peterson Guide to Bird Identification-in 12 Steps-Howell and Sullivan Clubs and Organizations Chicago Ornithological Society-www.chicagobirder.org DuPage Birding Club-www.dupagebirding.org Evanston-North Shore Bird Club-www.ensbc.org Illinois Audubon Society-www.illinoisaudubon.org Will, Kane, Lake Cook county Audubon chapters (and others in Illinois) Illinois Ornithological Society-www.illinoisbirds.org Illinois Young Birders-(ages 9-18) monthly field trips and yearly symposiums Wild Things Conference 2021 American Birding Association- aba.org On-line Resources Cornell Lab of Ornithology All About Birds, eBird, Birdcast Radar, Macaulay Library (sounds), Youtube series: Inside Birding: Shape, Habitat, Behavior DuPage Birding Club-Youtube channel, Mini-tutorials, Bird-O-Bingo card, DuPage hot spot descriptions Facebook: Illinois Birding Network, Illinois Rare Bird Alert, World Girl Birders, Raptor ID, What’s this Bird? Birdnote-can subscribe for informative, weekly emails-also Podcast Birdwatcher’s Digest podcasts: Out There With the Birds, Birdsense Podcasts: Laura Erickson’s For the Birds, Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds, American Birding Podcast (ABA) Blog: Jeff Reiter’s “Words on Birds” (meet Jeff on his monthly walks at Cantigny, see DuPage Birding Club website for schedule) Illinois Birding by County-countywiki.ilbirds.com Smartphone Apps Merlin Bird ID (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) (free) Audubon Bird Guide (free) Sibley V2 ($20) Raptor ID (free) The Warbler Guide ($13) DVD Better Birdwatching in Illinois and Indiana (148 species, 2 hours) Birds! Birds! Birds! An Indoor Birdwatching Field Trip (photos, songs, mnemonics for songs, quizzes) CD Birding by Ear-Eastern/Central-Peterson Field Guides Bird Song Ear Training Guide-John Feith (recorded in Wisconsin, so, “dialects” similar to our Illinois birds) Magazines Birds and Blooms Birdwatcher’s Digest Birdwatching More learning opportunities Morton Arboretum-classes and monthly bird walks-Sterling Library: field guides and Birds of North America volumes Forest Preserve, Park District, community college classes and walks Cornell Lab of Ornithology on-line classes .