This checklist is a compilation of bird sightings in Kane County.  The relative abundance of each species per season is depicted according to the following key:

Abundance Levels: A = Abundant;  C = Common;  F = Fairly Common;  U = Uncommon; R = Rare;  X = Extremely Rare;  B = Possible Breeding in Area

Seasons:  SP(ring) Mar - May;  S(ummer) Jun - Aug;  F(all) Sep - Nov;  W(inter) Dec - Feb

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SP

S

F

W

B

SP

S

F

W

B

 Greater White-fronted Goose

R

R

 Loggerhead Shrike

R

R

B

 Snow Goose

R

R

 Northern Shrike

R

 Ross' Goose

 White-eyed Vireo

R

R

R

B

 Canada Goose

A

A

A

A

B

 Bell's Vireo

R

R

B

 Cackling Goose

 Yellow-throated Vireo

U

R

U

B

 Mute Swan

U

U

U

B

 Blue-headed Vireo

U

R

 Tundra Swan

R

R

X

 Warbling Vireo

C

F

F

B

 Wood Duck

F

C

C

R

B

 Philadelphia Vireo

U

U

B

 Gadwall

F

F

X

 Red-eyed Vireo

U

U

U

B

 American Wigeon

F

F

X

 Blue Jay

C

C

C

U

B

 American Black Duck

U

U

R

U

B

 American Crow

C

C

C

A

B

 Mallard

A

A

A

C

B

 Horned Lark

F

U

U

F

B

 Blue-winged Teal

C

U

C

B

 Purple Martin

U

U

X

B

 Northern Shoveler

F

X

U

U

 Tree Swallow

C

C

R

B

 Northern Pintail

U

X

R

X

 Northern Rough-winged Swallow

F

F

R

B

 Green-winged Teal

F

X

R

U

 Bank Swallow

U

U

U

B

 Canvasback

U

U

X

 Cliff Swallow

U

U

R

B

 Redhead

R

U

X

 Barn Swallow

C

C

U

B

 Ring-necked Duck

F

F

R

 Black-capped Chickadee

C

C

C

A

B

 Greater Scaup

R

X

 Tufted Titmouse

U

U

U

U

B

 Lesser Scaup

F

F

R

 Red-breasted Nuthatch

R

R

U

U

 Bufflehead

F

U

X

 White-breasted Nuthatch

F

F

U

U

B

 Common Goldeneye

F

F

F

 Brown Creeper

F

X

U

U

 Hooded Merganser

U

R

R

R

B

 Carolina Wren

R

R

R

R

B

 Common Merganser

U

U

R

 Bewick's Wren

 Red-breasted Merganser

R

R

 House Wren

C

F

F

B

 Ruddy Duck

F

X

U

X

 Winter Wren

U

R

 Gray Partridge

R

R

R

R

B

 Sedge Wren

R

U

R

B

 Ring-necked Pheasant

U

U

U

U

B

 Marsh Wren

R

U

U

B

 Wild Turkey

 Golden-crowned Kinglet

F

F

X

 Northern Bobwhite

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

F

F

 Common Loon

R

R

 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

F

R

B

 Pied-billed Grebe

U

U

U

X

B

 Eastern Bluebird

U

U

U

X

B

 Horned Grebe

R

R

 Veery

F

R

U

B

 Red-necked Grebe

 Gray-cheeked Thrush

U

U

 Eared Grebe

X

X

 Swainson's Thrush

F

C

 American White Pelican

 Hermit Thrush

F

F

 Double-crested Cormorant

F

U

F

X

 Wood Thrush

F

U

U

B

 American Bittern

R

R

X

 American Robin

A

A

A

U

B

 Least Bittern

R

R

R

 Gray Catbird

C

C

C

B

 Great Blue Heron

C

C

C

R

B

 Northern Mockingbird

R

R

R

 Great Egret

F

F

C

 Brown Thrasher

F

F

U

X

B

 Little Blue Heron

X

X

X

 European Starling

A

A

A

A

B

 Cattle Egret

R

 American Pipit

R

R

 Green Heron

F

F

F

B

 Cedar Waxwing

U

F

C

R

B

 Black-crowned Night Heron

R

R

R

B

 Blue-winged Warbler

U

R

U

B

 Yellow-crowned Night Heron

R

X

R

B

 Golden-winged Warbler

U

U

 Turkey Vulture

U

U

U

X

B

 Tennessee Warbler

C

C

 Osprey

U

X

U

 Orange-crowned Warbler

U

R

 Bald Eagle

R

R

R

 Nashville Warbler

F

F

 Northern Harrier

U

U

U

 Northern Parula

U

U

 Sharp-shinned Hawk

U

U

R

 Yellow Warbler

C

F

C

B

 Cooper's Hawk

U

R

U

U

B

 Chestnut-sided Warbler

F

R

F

 Northern Goshawk

X

R

 Magnolia Warbler

F

C

 Red-shouldered Hawk

R

X

R

R

B

 Cape May Warbler

U

U

 Broad-winged Hawk

U

R

U

B

 Black-throated Blue Warbler

R

R

 Swainson's Hawk

R

R

B

 Yellow-rumped Warbler

A

C

X

 Red-tailed Hawk

C

C

C

C

B

 Black-throated Green Warbler

F

F

 Rough-legged Hawk

R

R

U

 Blackburnian Warbler

F

F

 Golden Eagle

X

 Yellow-throated Warbler

R

R

B

 American Kestrel

F

F

F

F

B

 Pine Warbler

U

U

 Merlin

R

R

 Prairie Warbler

 Peregrine Falcon

R

R

 Palm Warbler

C

F

 Virginia Rail

 Bay-breasted Warbler

U

U

 Sora

R

R

R

B

 Blackpoll Warbler

U

U

 Common Moorhen

U

U

U

B

 Cerulean Warbler

R

 American Coot

R

R

R

B

 Black and White Warbler

C

X

C

B

 Sandhill Crane

C

U

C

R

B

 American Redstart

C

R

C

B

 Black-bellied Plover

U

U

U

B

 Prothonotary Warbler

R

X

R

B

 American Golden Plover

R

U

 Worm-eating Warbler

X

X

 Semipalmated Plover

U

U

 Ovenbird

F

R

F

B

 Killdeer

U

U

 Northern Waterthrush

F

U

 American Avocet

C

C

C

X

B

 Louisiana Waterthrush

R

 Greater Yellowlegs

F

F

 Kentucky Warbler

R

 Lesser Yellowlegs

F

F

 Connecticut Warbler

R

R

 Solitary Sandpiper

F

F

 Mourning Warbler

U

U

 Spotted Sandpiper

F

F

F

B

 Common Yellowthroat

C

C

C

B

 Upland Sandpiper

X

X

B

 Hooded Warbler

R

 Ruddy Turnstone

X

X

 Wilson's Warbler

U

U

 Red Knot

X

X

 Canada Warbler

U

U

 Semipalmated Sandpiper

U

U

 Yellow-breasted Chat

U

R

X

B

 Western Sandpiper

X

X

 Summer Tanager

X

X

 Least Sandpiper

F

F

 Scarlet Tanager

U

R

X

B

 White-rumped Sandpiper

R

X

 Spotted Towhee

R

R

R

 Baird's Sandpiper

R

R

 Eastern Towhee

F

F

U

B

 Pectoral Sandpiper

F

F

 American Tree Sparrow

U

U

C

 Dunlin

U

U

 Chipping Sparrow

C

C

U

B

 Stilt Sandpiper

R

R

 Clay-colored Sparrow

R

R

 Ruff

 Field Sparrow

F

F

F

R

B

 Short-billed Dowitcher

U

U

 Vesper Sparrow

R

R

R

B

 Long-billed Dowitcher

 Lark Sparrow

 Wilson's Snipe

F

R