About the Author
Steven D. Bailey is a retired ornithologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He has been watching birds for more than 50 years and has written about birds and other natural history topics for scientific and lay publications. He was associate editor and board member for Illinois Ornithological Society for many years and has presented many programs on owls. He provides bird and nature photographs for many publications including the Chicago Tribune.
