Birds

Resources are listed in alphabetical order. More information can always be found by using our website search bar, or contacting a member of our staff.

Articles

Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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illustration of a light skinned man with short wavy light colored hair and a long, thick mustache. A rifle is pictured along the bottom of the image along with the words

Adam Bogardus, world champion wing shot

In the fall of 1875, at a shooting tournament in Bloomington, champion marksman Adam H. Bogardu...

Article

Extinct passenger pigeon once visitor to Central Illinois

In 1810, 24-year-old attorney Henry Marie Brackenridge traveled down the Ohio River to Ste. Gen...

Article

Moraine View park opened in 1959

There are few lovelier corners of McLean County than Moraine View State Recreation Area. Situat...

Article

Biographies

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Brown, Henry L.

Henry Brown was never afraid to learn new skills to overcome the challenges life threw at him. ...

Biography

Cheney, Owen Lee

Owen Lee Cheney (1846-1911) was a quixotic man in his quest for fame, fortune, and new experien...

Biography

Blog

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Glen Dotson and ‘Sparky’ Towanda, January 1941

Glen Dotson is seen here in late January 1941 with his new pet pigeon “Sparky.” Glen’s previous...

Blog Post

Rescued Homing Pigeon August 1942

Elmer Lyons, Bloomington Police Department patrolman, holds a wounded homing pigeon from Fall R...

Blog Post

Finding Aids

Archival collection finding aids (full contents of collections available on site)

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Grand Prairie Bird Alliance Collection

The first Audubon Society in McLean County was called the Cardinal Audubon Club, organized in 1...

Finding Aid