??? = not a sure identification
sp. = species (family or genus confirmed, but exact species uncertain)
Bold = especially noteworthy
Italics = Identified by call only--not seen.
Underlined = important sighting by another birder in the area, not me
Illinois Spring Bird Count 2014
Arch's full tally (various locations):
2 Great Blue Heron
50+ Canada Goose
12+ Mallard
1 Blue-winged Teal
3 Turkey Vulture
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Cooper's Hawk
6 American Coot
6 Kildeer
2 Greater Yellowlegs
4 Solitary Sandpiper
13 Spotted Sandpiper
10 Semipalmated Sandpiper
6 Least Sandpiper
5 Pectoral Sandpiper
4 Wilson's Phalarope
1 Rock Dove
2 Mourning Dove
1 Common Nighthawk
7 Chimney Swift
3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Eastern Phoebe
5 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
1 Tree Swallow
1 Cliff Swallow
3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
7 Barn Swallow
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2 Eastern Bluebird
12+ American Robin
3 Gray Catbird
3 European Starling
1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Northern Parula
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Yellow-throated Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
2 Palm Warbler
1 Yellow Warbler
3 Common Yellowthroat
1 Yellow-breasted Chat
1 Summer Tanager
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Eastern Towhee
3 Chipping Sparrow
2 Savannah Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
7 White-throated Sparrow
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Northern Cardinal
1 Dickcissel
1 Indigo Bunting
8 Red-winged Blackbird
6 Common Grackle
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 Baltimore Oriole
4 American Goldfinch
2 House Sparrow
66 Species
Do you include deceased birds as well as live birds? Because the only birds that really catch my notice are the ones on the grounds around campus, of which I've seen two and heard of four. I will probably make you look at them later at school, but here is a blurry compilation of what I've seen. The yellow one was seen at a sidewalk near the Loomis parking lot today, and the black one was near the Cracked truck a couple of weeks ago. It was rather amazing in a disgusting way.
ReplyDeleteThe first one (yellow) looks to me like a Magnolia Warbler. Canada Warbler is also a possibility (there's something that looks like a yellow eye ring, but I'm not sure if that's just the lighting or some weird shadow on the sidewalk)
DeleteThe second one is a Rock Dove (aka city pigeon)