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Location Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park, Chicago
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Owner Robert Hughes

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  1
  • Distance:  2 mi

Checklist Comments

Chilly (low 40s), mostly sunny, light southwest winds. I checked the beach, Dunes, peripheral plantings, Magic Hedge, Meadow, and Butterfly Garden and walked out onto the fishing pier. Good numbers of birds. Impressive flight of Northern Harriers. Passerines coming in off Lake Michigan early in the morning, always a sign of a good movement.

Totals

54
Species Observed
+6 other taxa, 719 individuals
1
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Canada Goose

    Number observed:  200

    Details

    On the grass around the harbor.

  2. Wood Duck

    Number observed:  2

  3. Mallard

    Number observed:  15

  4. Aythya sp.

    Number observed:  6

  5. Surf Scoter

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    Flybys going south close to shore. Female/immature type birds.

  6. Red-breasted Merganser

    Number observed:  2

  7. duck sp.

    Number observed:  30

    Details

    Distant birds flying south over Lake Michigan or in poor, early morning light.

  8. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  2

  9. American Coot

    Number observed:  1

  10. American Woodcock

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flying in off Lake Michigan low over the beach around dawn.

  11. Wilson's Snipe

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Flying in off Lake Michigan over the beach early. One bird pursued by the 2 Peregrine Falcons.

  12. Bonaparte's Gull

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    Group on the water with Ring-billed Gulls. Mainly adults.

  13. Franklin's Gull

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    First cycle birds, either resting on the water off the beach or flying south over the Point or Lake Michigan.

  14. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  200

  15. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  3

  16. Larus sp.

    Number observed:  2

  17. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Sitting in the lake off the beach with the Ring-billed Gull flock.

  18. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  15

  19. Great Egret

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flying south over the Point.

  20. Cooper's Hawk

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    Two juveniles and an older bird with barring on the underparts.

  21. Northern Harrier

    Number observed:  16

    Details

    Strong movement, with birds flying low over the Dunes and over the lake. Mostly juveniles, 1 adult female for sure, and 1 adult male for sure. One group of 3 together.

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  22. Short-eared Owl

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flying east over the Point and then out over Lake Michigan.

  23. Downy Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  24. Merlin

    Number observed:  1

  25. Peregrine Falcon

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    The continuing adults, probably a male and female based on the difference in size. Relentlessly pursuing and attacking birds coming in off Lake Michigan. They caught an unidentified sparrow and a Northern Flicker while I was there.

  26. Eastern Phoebe

    Number observed:  1

  27. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  12

  28. Black-capped Chickadee

    Number observed:  1

  29. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  10

  30. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  1

  31. White-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  1

  32. Brown Creeper

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flying in off Lake Michigan over the beach early.

  33. Winter Wren

    Number observed:  2

  34. European Starling

    Number observed:  4

  35. Gray Catbird

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Medium-sized, long-tailed passerine, gray overall with dark cap and short, thin bill.

  36. Hermit Thrush

    Number observed:  4

  37. American Robin

    Number observed:  60

  38. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

  39. American Pipit

    Number observed:  1

  40. House Finch

    Number observed:  1

  41. Purple Finch

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Female type bird in the Magic Clump, a personal FOS.

  42. Pine Siskin

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Feeding on seeds in the tops of flowers in the Meadow

  43. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  30

  44. Fox Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  45. Dark-eyed Junco

    Number observed:  1

  46. White-crowned Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  47. White-throated Sparrow

    Number observed:  20

  48. Savannah Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

  49. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  4

  50. Swamp Sparrow

    Number observed:  3

  51. Eastern Towhee

    Number observed:  1

  52. new world sparrow sp.

    Number observed:  8

  53. Western/Eastern Meadowlark

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Silent meadowlark in the Native Planting Area.

  54. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  2

  55. Brown-headed Cowbird

    Number observed:  2

  56. blackbird sp.

    Number observed:  1

  57. Tennessee Warbler

    Number observed:  1

  58. Orange-crowned Warbler

    Number observed:  3

  59. Yellow-rumped Warbler

    Number observed:  10

  60. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  2
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