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Plant & Wildlife Identification

Many of the field guides presented below were created by the Field Museum and are specific to the Chicago region. Click here to explore field guides for regions around the world! 

BIRDS

Birds

NATIVE WILDFLOWERS

Native Wildflowers
Other Plants

OTHER PLANTS

INSECTS & ARACHNIDS

Insects & Arachnids
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Arachnids

Spiders

AQUATIC SPECIES

Aquatic Speces

REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS

Reptiles & Amphibians
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Wildflowers

Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis

          by Gerould Wilhelm & Laura Rericha

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A Peterson Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-central North America

          by Roger Tory Peterson & Margaret McKenny

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Insects

Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America

          by Eric R. Eaton & Kenn Kaufman

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Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America

          by Jim P. Brock & Kenn Kaufman

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Butterflies of Illinois: A Field Guide

          by Michael Jeffords, Susan Post, and James Winker

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Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America

          by David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie

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Birds

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

          by David Allen Sibley

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America

          by Roger Peterson

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Mammals

Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America

          by Fiona Reid

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Fish

Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes

          by Lawrence Page and Brooks Burr

BOOKS & FIELD GUIDES

Books & Field Guides
Wildlife Journal

OUTDOOR ILLINOIS: WILDLIFE JOURNAL

Click here to read Outdoor Illinois!

 

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program and the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGGREC) to bring back Outdoor Illinois! This online journal contains articles on Wildlife, People, Land, Research, and Recreation. 

To visit other websites regarding wildlife in Illinois, please visit the Living with Wildlife in Illinois (https://www.wildlifeillinois.org/) and the White-tailed Deer: Illinois websites (https://deer.wildlifeillinois.org/).  

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Welcome to the November 1, 2019 edition of the online magazine of OutdoorIllinois Wildlife Journal, featuring timely, seasonally based stories about the Prairie State's wildlife resources.

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Among the several additional stories featured this quarter are articles summarizing some recent wildlife research news, the Illinois wood duck banding program, the role of an urban wildlife biologist, and more.

A MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR CHRIS YOUNG

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