Southern Illinois Birds: An Annotated List and Site Guide - Hardcover

"Finally, thanks to the birders and naturalists of the future. I have often daydreamed about the days when the sky was darkened by Passenger Pigeons, when chattering flocks of parakeets coursed along river banks, and when shadows of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers disappeared into the still, dim forest. I hope these pages provide you with daydreams about what it is like in these days." W. Douglas Robinson, from the Acknowledgments" "Finally, thanks to the birders and naturalists of the future. I have often daydreamed about the days when the sky was darkened by Passenger Pigeons, when chattering flocks of parakeets coursed along river banks, and when shadows of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers disappeared into the still, dim forest. I hope these pages provide you with daydreams about what it is like in these days." --W. Douglas Robinson, from the Acknowledgments

Published literature as well as unpublished field notes of active observers are surveyed in this volume documenting birds of the southern Illinois area.