Backyard Bird Log: Illinois
The Northern Cardinal, Illinois's state bird, is on the cover of this 120-page bird log.
- A checklist of 24 Illinois birds, with 90 lines to add more
- A life list of 200, 12 monthly tallies and 168 daily entries
- Full-color paperback, 8.5 by 11 inches, 120 pages
Inside
The 24 birds on its checklist
- Northern Cardinal State bird
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Barn Swallow
- Blue Jay
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Yellowthroat
- Dickcissel
- Eastern Meadowlark
- European Starling
- Gray Catbird
- House Sparrow
- Indigo Bunting
- Killdeer
- Mourning Dove
- Northern House Wren
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Song Sparrow
- Warbling Vireo
Inside is a checklist of the 24 birds most often recorded in Illinois on the USGS Breeding Bird Survey, the Eastern Meadowlark, the Dickcissel and the Warbling Vireo among them, with a line for the date each is first seen. After it come 90 lines for birds added later, a numbered life list of 200, a page for each of the 12 months with one of the state's birds drawn on it and a week-by-week tally, and 84 pages of daily entries, 168 in all, each with the hours watched, the weather and a count of every bird. A page to map the yard, 24 sketch frames and 3 pages for notes finish the book. It is a full-color paperback, 8.5 by 11 inches, printed to order. The illustrations were made with AI tools, and each one was checked against its species' field marks before printing.
The particulars
Sizes, finishes and shipping
| Paperback | 8.5 × 11 in, 120 pages, $25 |
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| Made | Printed and bound to order by a book printer after you order it |
| Shipping | Free shipping on orders of $50 and up, $4.95 below that, to the 50 states and D.C. |
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Illustrated print
Birds of Illinois Illustrated Print
16 watercolor-style birds, state bird first, as a poster, framed or on canvas.
From $29