This list wouldn't be possible without the numerous people who send me current
information every year, among them Alan Anderson, Mike Andrews,
Steve Bailey, Jeannie Barnes, David Benson, Frank Bennett, Dale Birkenholz,
Greg Bluhm, Sig Bjorklund, Myrna Deaton,
Judy DeNeal, Aura Duke, Beckie Dyer, Tracy Meints Fox, Rick Fox, Bob Freeman,
David Frey, Rob Gough, Jim Hampson, Duane Heaton, Harold Hedden, Joni Hendrickson,
Ken Heinze,
Ralph Herbst, Jed Hertz, Frank Holmes, Larry Hood, Jeff Hoover,
Mary Jane Huff, Terrence Ingram,
Rhetta Jack, Dave Johnson, Janet Jokela, Kevin Jury,
Jeff Kahn, Dan Kassebaum, Vern Kleen, Travis Mahan
Charlene Malone, Thomas May, Carolyn Marsh, Kelly McKay,
Cindy and John McKee, Keith McMullen, Joe Merkelbach, Jim Mountjoy, Bill Morris,
Helen Parker, Judy Pollock, Bert Princen,
Robert Randall, Mary Regan, Michael Retter, Rhonda Rothrock, Joe Scudder,
Steven Shipp, John Stofan, Anne Straight, Bob Thomas, Ross Thompson,
Terry Treacy, Ken Vail, Jeff Walk, Eric Walters, Mike Ward, Tony Ward, Dan Wenny, Dan Williams,
Geoff Williamson, John Wisnewski, Ken Wysocki.
Thank you very much!
Additional information is from Wings over the Prairie
and Meadowlark, the newsletter and journal, respectively, of the
Illinois Ornithological Society, and
the Audubon website.
The official Christmas Bird Count season runs from December 14 to January 5.
For more information and for results of prior years, see the
National Audubon Society website.
The Christmas Bird Count editor for Illinois is Paul Sweet,
2114 Elisha Ave, Zion, IL 60099,
,
(847) 746-5139.
Within each geographic area, the counts are listed by date (if known).
Where no current date is available, last year's
is indicated, from which one might guess at this year's date.
Please contact the compilers for meeting times and places, and for area
assignments.
Some groups meet the evening before,
and lodging may be provided within the count area. Many counts require advance
registration.
Greater Chicago Area
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
Fermilab-Batavia
(DuPage Birding Club).
Jeff Chapman;
;
(630) 910-8684.
- Saturday, December 15, 2007;
Joliet (Will Co. Audubon).
Greg Bluhm,
,
(815) 467-8226;
and Glen Johnson.
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
McHenry (McHenry County Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society).
Rob Gough;
;
(815) 385-2996.
- Sunday, December 16, 2007:
Lisle Arboretum
(Chicago Ornithological Society).
Geoffrey A. Williamson;
;
(773) 935-8439.
- Sunday, December 16, 2007:
Chicago Urban (Evanston North Shore Bird Club and Chicago Audubon
Society).
Jeff Sanders;
;
(847) 657-6431.
- Monday, December 17, 2007:
Barrington (Prairie Woods Audubon, Natural History Society of Barrington,
and Kane County Audubon).
Duane Heaton;
;
(847) 358-5856 (evenings).
- Tuesday, December 25, 2007:
Chicago Lakefront.
Joel Greenberg;
;
(630) 725-9416.
- Saturday, December 29, 2007:
Calumet/Sand Ridge (Sand Ridge Audubon Society).
Carolyn Marsh;
;
(219) 659-7904.
- Saturday, December 29, 2007:
Evanston North Shore (Evanston North Shore Bird Club).
Tim Wallace,
(847) 548-2654.
- Saturday, December 29, 2007:
Morris-Wilmington.
Bill Morris;
;
(815) 941-1032.
- Tuesday, January 1, 2008:
Waukegan (Evanston North Shore Bird Club).
Joel Greenberg;
;
(630) 725-9416.
- Saturday, January 5, 2008:
Thorn Creek/Park Forest (Thorn Creek Audubon Society).
Al Thomas,
;
(708) 957-9847.
- Last year: Saturday, December 16, 2006:
Indiana Dunes (Chicago Audubon Society and Dunes/Calumet Audubon Society).
Doris Nitecki;
;
(773) 955-7385 (weekdays) or (219) 787-8734 (weekends).
- Last year: Sunday, December 17, 2006:
South Lake County (Indiana) (Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society).
Barb Dodge; (219) 992-2413.
Other Northern Illinois
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
De Kalb.
Compiler: Mike Andrews,
,
(815) 784-2849.
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
Rockford.
Dan Williams;
;
(815) 968-4732.
- Sunday, December 16, 2007:
Davenport-Quad Cities.
Kelly McKay;
;
(309) 755-6731.
- Sunday, December 16, 2007:
Hennepin.
John McKee;
(Cindy McKee's e-mail address);
(815) 434-7797.
- Tuesday, December 18, 2007:
Clinton, Savanna (Iowa).
Kelly McKay;
;
(309) 755-6731.
- Thursday, December 20, 2007:
Princeton-Camanche.
Kelly McKay;
;
(309) 755-6731.
- Saturday, December 22, 2007:
Muscatine (Iowa).
Kelly McKay;
;
(309) 755-6731.
- Sunday, December 23, 2007:
Illini State Park.
Jim Hampson;
;
(815) 539-5006.
Contact Cindy McKee,
.
- Sunday, December 23, 2007:
White Pines.
Eric Walters;
.
- Wednesday, December 26, 2007:
Van Petten.
Kelly McKay;
;
(309) 755-6731.
- Saturday, December 29, 2007:
Kankakee Valley.
Jed Hertz;
;
(815) 937-9530.
Advance registration requested.
- Saturday, December 29, 2007:
Kishwaukee.
Barbara Williams;
;
(815) 968-4732.
- Tuesday, January 1, 2008:
Starved Rock.
John McKee;
(Cindy McKee's e-mail address);
(815) 434-7797.
- Saturday, January 5, 2008:
Andalusia-Buffalo.
Kelly McKay;
;
(309) 755-6731.
- Last year: Thursday, December 14, 2006:
Shapville.
Terrence N. Ingram;
;
(815) 594-2592.
- Last year: Friday, December 15, 2006:
Green Island/Lost Mound.
Dan Wenny;
.
- Last year: Saturday, December 16, 2006:
Freeport.
Richard Benning; (815) 335-2915 (work) or (815) 865-5279 (home).
Central Illinois
- Friday, December 14, 2007:
Eastern Knox Co.
Jim Mountjoy;
;
(309) 341-7086 or (309) 344-6258.
- Friday, December 14, 2007:
Middle Fork River Valley.
Steven D. Bailey;
;
(217) 893-0498 (h) or (217) 244-2174 (w).
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
Bloomington-Normal (John Wesley Powell Audubon).
Dale Birkenholz;
;
(309) 452-8086.
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
Burlington (Iowa)
Chuck Fuller;
;
(319) 753-0710.
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
Champaign County.
Helen Parker;
;
(217) 367-3130.
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
Crane Lake-Sanganois.
Robert Randall;
;
(217) 243-3529.
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
Peoria (Peoria Audubon Society).
L. H. (Bert) Princen;
;
(309) 691-0519.
- Monday, December 17, 2007:
Meredosia Island.
Tony Ward;
;
(217) 245-5503.
- Wednesday, December 19, 2007:
Forest Glen Preserve.
Marilyn Campbell; (217) 662-6460.
- Friday, December 21, 2007:
Western Mercer.
Kelly McKay;
;
(309) 755-6731.
- Saturday, December 22, 2007:
Chautauqua N.W.R. (Peoria Audubon Society).
Richard Bjorklund, (309) 968-6502, and
Sigurd Bjorklund,
,
(618) 345-1414.
- Tuesday, January 1, 2008:
Clinton Lake.
Rhetta Jack,
,
(217) 741-9888.
- DATE CHANGE!Thursday, January 3, 2008:
Springfield.
H. David Bohlen;
;
(217) 782-6697.
- Saturday, January 5, 2008:
Chillicothe (Peoria Audubon Society).
Tracy Meints Fox;
;
(309) 579-3264.
- POSTPONED; NEW DATE:Saturday, January 5, 2008:
Lake Shelbyville (NEW/RESURRECTED COUNT).
Travis Mahan;
;
(217) 454-3408. Advance registration required. Meet at the Shelbyville
McDonald's at 6:00 am for assignments.
- Last year: Saturday, December 16, 2006:
Bushnell (McDonough, Fulton, Warren Co.).
Larry L. Hood;
,
(309) 772-2577;
Contact: David Benson,
,
(309) 836-6233.
- Last year: Saturday, December 16, 2006:
Decatur
(Decatur Audubon Society).
Ross Thompson;
;
(217) 865-2981.
- Last year: Saturday, December 16, 2006:
Quincy, IL - Marion Co., MO.
Ken Heinze,
;
(217) 224-4832.
- Last year: Saturday, December 16, 2006:
Rushville (Schuy-Rush Chapter of IAS).
Harold E. Hedden;
;
(217) 322-6542.
Southern Illinois
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
Collinsville.
Frank Holmes;
;
(618) 451-2127.
- Sunday, December 16, 2007:
Crab Orchard N.W.R. (Williamson Co.)
For more information contact Mike Brown,
,
(618) 997-3344x317 (work/CONWR).
Meet for assignments at the CONWR Visitor's Center at 6 a.m.
- Monday, December 17, 2007:
Cypress Creek N.W.R.
Jeff Hoover (?).
Call the wildlife refuge office at (618) 634-2231 for more information.
- Tuesday, December 18, 2007:
Carlyle Lake (Clinton Co.).
Dan Kassebaum;.
;
(618) 233-5451.
Meet for assignments at the McDonald's Restaurant near the Lake entrance at 6 a.m.
Advance registration required.
- Friday, December 21, 2007:
Newton Lake (Jasper Co.).
Jeff Walk;
,
(309) 636-3327.
- Saturday, December 22, 2007:
Marion County.
Joe Merkelbach;
or
;
(618) 532-3112.
Advance registration requested.
Meet in the parking lot of the Raccoon School, just west of I-57 at the Centralia turnoff.
- Thursday, December 27, 2007:
Arklands/Pyramid State Park.
Joe Merkelbach;
or
;
(618) 532-3112.
Advance registration requested.
- Friday, December 28, 2007:
Horseshoe Lake (Alexander Co.).
Vernon Kleen;
;
(217) 787-3515. Advance registration required.
For assignments, meet on the evening of 12/27 tentatively at the Union County
Refuge Office.
Persons unable to meet the group the evening before the count should contact Vern Kleen.
- Saturday, December 29, 2007:
Union County.
Vernon Kleen;
;
(217) 787-3515. Advance registration required.
For assignments, meet on the evening of 12/28 tentatively at the Union County
Refuge Office.
Persons unable to meet the group the evening before the count should contact Vern Kleen.
- POSTPONED AGAIN; NEW DATE:Sunday, December 30, 2007:
Rend Lake.
Keith McMullen;
;
(618) 632-1057 (home).
Meet at Rend Lake College at 6:30 am for assignments.
- Tuesday, January 1, 2008:
Jackson County.
Rhonda Rothrock;
;
(618) 684-6605 (after 5pm or leave a message on the answering machine).
Advance registration required. Call or e-mail to arrange owling hours, backyard/feeder
bird counting, or an assignment in advance.
- Last year: Saturday, December 16, 2006:
Baldwin Lake-Kaskaskia River.
Tim Dever;
;
(618) 443-6732.
- Last year: Saturday, December 16, 2006:
Bird Haven-Olney.
Frank E. Storment;
;
(618) 395-2957.
- Last year: Saturday, December 16, 2006:
Pere Marquette.
Compiler:
Bob Thomas;
;
(660) 668-2055.
Contact: Joe Walsh; (636) 343-6875.
If not already assigned to a group, meet at the park lodge (fireplace) 7-7:30 am.
- Last year: Sunday, December 17, 2006:
Elsah.
Mary Jane S. Hoff;
;
(618) 374-5277.
Meet at 8:00 am at Principia College at the flagpole.
- Last year: Sunday, December 17, 2006:
War Bluff Valley (Pope Co.).
Andrea Douglas;
;
(618) 564-2079.
- Last year: Saturday, December 31, 2006:
Mermet Lake.
Frank Bennett;
;
(618) 524-4848. Please leave a message on the answering machine. Advance
registration required.
- Previous year: Saturday, December 17, 2005:
Lincoln Trail State Park.
Peggy Barath.
Please
if you have information on other counts or if some of this information needs to
be updated.
Urs Geiser,
,
April 19, 2008