2009 KANE COUNTY BIRDS
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The following table lists, in taxonomic order, birds seen in 2009 on Kane County Audubon-sponsored events. The date and location indicate when and on what outing the bird was initially observed. BIRDS SEEN IN 2009: 225 SPECIES ON 88 OUTINGS |
SPECIES |
DATE |
LOCATION |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Feb 16 | Elburn FP |
| Snow Goose | Feb 7 | Nelson Lake |
| Ross's Goose | Mar 12 | Fermilab |
| Cackling Goose | Mar 12 | Fermilab |
| Canada Goose | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Tundra Swan | Nov 17 | Carson Slough |
| Wood Duck | Mar 14 | Les Arends FP |
| Gadwall | Mar 7 | Nelson Lake |
| American Wigeon | Mar 7 | Nelson Lake |
| Mallard | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Blue-winged Teal | Apr 3 | Shabbona Lake SP |
| American Black Duck | Mar 12 | Nelson Lake |
| Northern Shoveler | Mar 7 | Nelson Lake |
| Northern Pintail | Oct 24 | Horicon Marsh, WI |
| Green-winged Teal | Mar 21 | Fermilab |
| Canvasback | Mar 5 | Pella Ponds |
| Redhead | Feb 21 | Winthrop Harbor |
| Ring-necked Duck | Mar 7 | Nelson Lake |
| Greater Scaup | Feb 21 | Waukegan Harbor |
| Lesser Scaup | Feb 21 | Winthrop Harbor |
| Bufflehead | Feb 21 | Winthrop Harbor |
| White-winged Scoter | Feb 21 | Waukegan Harbor |
| Common Goldeneye | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Hooded Merganser | Feb 21 | Waukegan Harbor |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Jan 24 | Starved Rock SP |
| Common Merganser | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Ruddy Duck | Feb 21 | Waukegan Harbor |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Jan 3 | Nelson Lake |
| Common Loon | Mar 28 | Oakhurst FP |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Mar 7 | Nelson Lake |
| Horned Grebe | Apr 3 | Shabbona Lake SP |
| American White Pelican | Apr 3 | Shabbona Lake SP |
| Brown Pelican | Jun 6 | Nelson Lake |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Apr 3 | Shabbona Lake SP |
| American Bittern | Oct 24 | Horicon Marsh, WI |
| Great Blue Heron | Jan 24 | Starved Rock SP |
| Great Egret | Apr 4 | Nelson lake |
| Green Heron | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | May 16 | Jarvis Bird Sanctuary |
| Turkey Vulture | Mar 28 | Bliss Woods FP |
| Osprey | Apr 3 | Shabbona Lake SP |
| Bald Eagle | Jan 1 | Les Arends FP |
| Northern Harrier | Jan 3 | Nelson Lake |
| Cooper's Hawk | Jan 10 | SEBA Park |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Aug 19 | West Side Community Park |
| Swainson's Hawk | Jul 30 | Burlington Cemetery |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Feb 7 | Nelson Lake |
| American Kestrel | Jan 3 | Nelson Lake |
| Merlin | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Peregrine Falcon | May 19 | Hampshire FP |
| Sora | Apr 20 | Kaneland HS fluddle |
| American Coot | Feb 21 | Waukegan Harbor |
| Sandhill Crane | Mar 7 | Nelson Lake |
| Whooping Crane | Oct 24 | Horicon Marsh, WI |
| Semipalmated Plover | May 30 | Prairie Green Wetland |
| Killdeer | Mar 7 | Nelson Lake |
| Black-necked Stilt | Apr 9 | Montgomery fluddle |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Apr 20 | Route 47 fluddle |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Apr 30 | Headwaters Conservation Area |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Apr 9 | Montgomery fluddle |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Apr 12 | Sauer Family Farm FP |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | May 30 | Prairie Green Wetland |
| Western Sandpiper | Sep 14 | West Side Park (STC) pond |
| Least Sandpiper | Sep 8 | Afton FP |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | May 30 | Prairie Green Wetland |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | May 30 | Prairie Green Wetland |
| Dunlin | May 26 | Prairie Green Wetland |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Sep 14 | West Side Park (STC) pond |
| Wilson's Snipe | Apr 11 | Sauer Family Farm FP |
| American Woodcock | Mar 25 | Campton FP |
| Ring-billed Gull | Jan 24 | Starved Rock SP |
| Glaucous Gull | Feb 21 | Winthrop Harbor |
| Iceland Gull | Feb 21 | Winthrop Harbor |
| Thayer's Gull | Feb 21 | Winthrop Harbor |
| Herring Gull | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Jan 24 | Starved Rock SP |
| Caspian Tern | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| Black Tern | Aug 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Forster's Tern | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| Rock Pigeon | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Mourning Dove | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Jun 13 | Danville Field Trip |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | May 21 | Nelson Lake |
| Great Horned Owl | Apr 18 | Elsen's Hill |
| Barred Owl | May 7 | Big Rock FP |
| Short-eared Owl | Jan 3 | Nelson Lake |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Jan 1 | Les Arends FP |
| Common Nighthawk | Jun 13 | Danville Field Trip |
| Chimney Swift | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Ruby-Throated Hummingbird | Jun 13 | Danville Field Trip |
| Belted Kingfisher | Mar 28 | Bliss Woods FP |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Jan 22 | Morton Arboretum |
| Downy Woodpecker | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Jan 3 | Nelson Lake |
| Northern Flicker | Mar 21 | Fermilab |
| Eastern Wood-Peewee | Apr 20 | Johnson's Mound FP |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Jun 13 | Danville Field Trip |
| Alder Flycatcher | May28 | Aurora West FP |
| Willow Flycatcher | Apr 25 | Oakhurst FP |
| Least Flycatcher | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| Eastern Phoebe | Mar 28 | Bliss Woods FP |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Eastern Kingbird | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Northern Shrike | Feb 21 | Winthrop Harbor |
| White-eyed Vireo | Apr 25 | Oakhurst FP |
| Bell's Vireo | May 28 | Aurora West FP |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | May 5 | Elsens' Hill |
| Warbling Vireo | May 7 | Big Rock FP |
| Red-eyed Vireo | May 20 | Jon Duerr FP |
| Blue Jay | Jan 3 | Nelson Lake |
| American Crow | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Horned Lark | Jan 31 | Country Roads |
| Purple Martin | May 16 | Jarvis Bird Sanctuary |
| Tree Swallow | Mar 28 | Bliss Woods FP |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Apr 25 | Oakhurst FP |
| Bank Swallow | Jun 27 | Sauer Family Farm FP |
| Cliff Swallow | May 30 | Prairie Green Wetland |
| Barn Swallow | May 7 | Big Rock FP |
| Carolina Chickadee | Jun 13 | Danville Field Trip |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Tufted Titmouse | Mar 14 | Les Arends FP |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Jan 22 | Morton Arboretum |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Brown Creeper | Jan 10 | SEBA Park |
| Carolina Wren | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| House Wren | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Sedge Wren | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Marsh Wren | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Mar 28 | Bliss Woods FP |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Apr 3 | Shabbona Lake SP |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Apr 25 | Oakhurst FP |
| Eastern Bluebird | Mar 21 | Fermilab |
| Veery | May 12 | Burnidge FP |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | May 12 | Burnidge FP |
| Swainson's Thrush | May 12 | Burnidge FP |
| Hermit Thrush | Apr 4 | Nelson Lake |
| Wood Thrush | May 7 | Big Rock FP |
| American Robin | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Gray Catbird | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Brown Thrasher | Apr 25 | Oakhurst FP |
| European Starling | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| American Pipit | Sep 14 | West Side Park (STC) pond |
| Cedar Waxwing | Mar 21 | Fermilab |
| Blue-winged Warbler | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Golden-winged Warbler | May 5 | Elsens' Hill |
| Tennessee Warbler | May 5 | Elsens' Hill |
| Nashville Warbler | May 5 | Elsens's Hill |
| Northern Parula | May 12 | Burnidge FP |
| Yellow Warbler | May 2 | Nelson lake |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | May 12 | Burnidge FP |
| Magnolia Warbler | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| Cape May Warbler | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Apr 18 | Elsen's Hill |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| Blackburnian Warbler | May 7 | Big Rock FP |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | May 30 | Lippold Park |
| Pine Warbler | Apr 25 | Oakhurst FP |
| Prairie Warbler | Jun 13 | Danville Field Trip |
| Palm Warbler | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Sep 26 | Grunwald Farms FP |
| Blackpoll Warbler | May 12 | Burnidge FP |
| Black-and-white Warbler | May 5 | Elsens' Hill |
| American Redstart | May 12 | Burnidge FP |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Jun 13 | Danville Field Trip |
| Ovenbird | May 12 | Burnidge FP |
| Northern Waterthrush | Apr 25 | Oakhurst FP |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | May 23 | Lone Grove FP |
| Kentucky Warbler | Jun 13 | Danville Field Trip |
| Common Yellowthroat | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Hooded Warbler | May 23 | Lone Grove FP |
| Wilson's Warbler | May 16 | Montrose Point |
| Canada Warbler | May 12 | Burnidge FP |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Summer Tanager | May 20 | Jon Duerr FP |
| Scarlet Tanager | May 5 | Elsens' Hill |
| Eastern Towhee | Mar 28 | Bliss Woods FP |
| American Tree Sparrow | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Chipping Sparrow | Mar 12 | Fermilab |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | May 16 | Jarvis Bird Sanctuary |
| Field Sparrow | Apr 18 | Elsen's Hill |
| Vesper Sparrow | Apr 11 | Sauer Family Farm FP |
| Lark Sparrow | Jun 27 | Sauer Family Farm FP |
| Savannah Sparrow | Apr 11 | Sauer Family Farm FP |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | May 21 | Nelson Lake |
| Henslow's Sparrow | May 28 | Aurora West FP |
| Le Conte's Sparrow | Oct 11 | Prairie Green Wetland |
| Nelson's Sparrow | Oct 11 | Prairie Green Wetland |
| Fox Sparrow | Mar 28 | Bliss Woods FP |
| Song Sparrow | Jan 27 | Elburn FP |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | May 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Swamp Sparrow | Apr 4 | Nelson Lake |
| White-throated Sparrow | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Harris's Sparrow | Oct 30 | Fermilab |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Jan 31 | Country Roads |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Lapland Longspur | Oct 11 | Prairie Green Wetland |
| Snow Bunting | Jan 31 | Country Roads |
| Northern Cardinal | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | May 5 | Elsens' Hill |
| Indigo Bunting | May 5 | Elsens' Hill |
| Dickcissel | May 21 | Nelson Lake |
| Bobolink | May 12 | Burnidge FP |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Mar 7 | Nelson Lake |
| Western Meadowlark | Apr 9 | Campton Hills Park fluddle |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Jun 4 | Prairie Green Wetland |
| Rusty Blackbird | Mar 28 | Bliss Woods FP |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Oct 24 | Horicon Marsh, WI |
| Common Grackle | Jan 24 | Starved Rock SP |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Mar 21 | Fermilab |
| Orchard Oriole | May 5 | Elsens' Hill |
| Baltimore Oriole | May 5 | Elsens' Hill |
| Purple Finch | Mar 28 | Bliss Woods FP |
| House Finch | Jan 10 | SEBA Park |
| White-winged Crossbill | Jan 27 | Elburn FP |
| Common Redpoll | Jan 27 | Elburn FP |
| Hoary Redpoll | Jan 27 | Elburn FP |
| Pine Siskin | Jan 22 | Morton Arboretum |
| American Goldfinch | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| House Sparrow | Jan 22 | Morton Arboretum |
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