Meadowlark is the quarterly magazine of the Illinois Ornithological Society. The journal includes field notes, seasonal highlights, technical papers on avian studies in Illinois and the Midwest, photos, original drawings, and joy-of-birding essays. The success of the journal is made possible thanks to the excellent work of our editor and staff, and more importantly thanks to those who have contributed material in so many ways. Thank you for all the articles and reports written, photos taken, illustrations drawn, and more!
Meadowlark is Now Print and Digital!
As a way to showcase the redesigned Meadowlark Magazine to potential members, we have placed the Summer/Fall 2017 issue of Meadowlark Magazine online for the entire birding community. We hope you enjoy it!
A Sample Issue of Meadowlark
As a way to showcase the redesigned Meadowlark Magazine to potential members, we have placed the Summer/Fall 2017 issue of Meadowlark Magazine online for the entire birding community. We hope you enjoy it!
View Meadowlark Summer/Fall 2017 (.pdf)
Subscribing to Meadowlark
Meadowlark is available through subscription and distributed quarterly to IOS members. Limited back issues of Meadowlark may also be available for purchase.
Volunteering and Contributing
We need your help to continue this fine work! If you are interested in contributing photos, articles, artwork, or field notes to Meadowlark, be sure to contact the chief editor, Bob Dolgan, for more details. Volunteers are also essential to keeping Meadowlark running. If you have an interest in helping assemble field notes, gathering and reviewing photo and artwork submissions, or proofing and reviewing content, let us know!
Submitting Field Notes
Field notes editors now pull many sightings from eBird, but notes from others are also encouraged as well as birders’ seasonal notes, observations of breeding, changes in species ranges, and other seasonal highlights. Sending field notes via email is highly encouraged. Please email to the appropriate editor below. Emails will also be CC:’d to the Chief Editor as a backup. Submitted field notes should be ordered by species and not by date observed. If you must submit field notes by mail, send to: IOS (Field Notes), P.O. Box 931, Lake Forest, IL 60045.
| SUMMER June 1 through July 31 Due by August 7 Compiler: Paul Senner 3419 W Argyle St Unit 1 Chicago, IL 60625 e-mail: Paul Senner |
FALL August 1 through November 30 Due by December 7 Compiler: Andy Gilbert 627 E Jefferson St Havana, IL 62644 e-mail: Andy Gilbert |
| WINTER December 1 through February 28 Due by March 7 Compiler: POSITION OPEN e-mail: IOS Chief Editor |
SPRING March 1 through May 31 Due by June 7 Compiler: POSITION OPEN e-mail: IOS Chief Editor |
Meadowlark Archives
Visit the Meadowlark Archives page to view a list of all articles published in Meadowlark over the past 25 years, view a full index of every past issue of Meadowlark, or search for and display every page in Meadowlark with a reference to a specific species.
Meadowlark Editorial Team
Chief Editor
Bob Dolgan
President and Chief Supervisor
Andrea Tolzmann
Layout and Production
Bob Dolgan
Field Notes Editors
Andy Gilbert, Paul Senner
Research Grants Coordinator
John Leonard & Dustin Weidner
Photo Editors
Bob Dolgan, Tolzmann Family
Printing
TEAM Concept Printing
Carol Steam, IL
teamconceptprinting.com