2000 Vol. 9 Number 1
Articles
2 Birding in the New Millennium
– An Essay by Christine Willliamson
7 Birding Illinois 100 Years Age: Part 1
Birds of the Chicago Area at the Turn of the 20th Century
– Sheryl De Vore
9 Black- necked Stilt Young Found in Southern Illinois Two Consecutive Years
– Rhonda Monroe
10 Western Kingbird Nests in Sangamon County, Illinois
– H. David Bohlen
11 First Breeding Record of Little Blue Heron for Northeastern Illinois
– Walter Marcisz
13 Building a Nest Tower for Chimney Swifts
– Cathie Hutcheson
15 Loafing Behavior of Ring-billed Gulls
-William Moskoff, Alla Fooks, Irina Ovrutskaya, Priscilla K. Carson Lindberg, and Valerie Ward
17 Band -tailed Pigeon in DeWitt County
– Dale Birkenholz
17 Second White-winged Dove for Illinois
– Robert Hughes
18 Singin’ the Bicknell Blues
– Scott Hickman
20 A Challenge for Illinois Birders:
Separating Bicknell’s from Gray -cheeked Thrush
– Steven D. Bailey
Departments
22 Bird Finding Guide
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
– Angella D. Moorehouse
25 Field Notes: The 1999 Breeding Season Report
– Vernon M. Kleen