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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Des Plaines SFWA--Widewaters

Updated ~28 hr(s) ago.

231 species (+33 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan
swan sp.
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Aythya sp.
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
American White Pelican
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
owl sp.
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Great Kiskadee
Eastern Kingbird
new world flycatcher sp.
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
blackbird sp.
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
passerine sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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