2010 KANE COUNTY BIRDS
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The following table lists, in taxonomic order, birds seen in 2010 on Kane County Audubon-sponsored events. The date and location indicate when and where the bird was initially observed. In 2006, KCA birders saw 192 species on only 35 outings. 2007 produced 201 species on 56 walks. In 2008, 63 outings resulted in 209 species. Last year Kane County Audubon established records for both outings (88) and bird species seen (225). Follow this link to view last year's list. If all of the birds listed below aren't on your year list, maybe you should be birding with us. BIRDS SEEN IN 2010: 214 SPECIES ON 39 OUTINGS |
SPECIES |
DATE |
LOCATION |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Snow Goose | Mar 6 | Nelson Lake |
| Cackling Goose | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Canada Goose | Jan 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Trumpeter Swan | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Wood Duck | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Gadwall | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| American Wigeon | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| American Black Duck | Feb 27 | Les Arends FP |
| Mallard | Jan 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Blue-winged Teal | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| Northern Shoveler | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Northern Pintail | Feb 27 | Les Arends FP |
| Green-winged Teal | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Canvasback | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Redhead | Feb 3 | FermiLab ramble |
| Ring-necked Duck | Feb 3 | FermiLab ramble |
| Greater Scaup | Feb 20 | Gull Frolic |
| Lesser Scaup | Feb 20 | Gull Frolic |
| Bufflehead | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Common Goldeneye | Jan 19 | Fox River ramble |
| Hooded Merganser | Jan 19 | Fox River ramble |
| Common Merganser | Jan 19 | Fox River ramble |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Feb 20 | Gull Frolic |
| Ruddy Duck | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Mar 19 | Nelson Lake ramble |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| Greater Prairie Chicken | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| Wild Turkey | Jan 23 | Starved Rock outing |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Horned Grebe | Mar 25 | Nelson Lake ramble |
| American White Pelican | Mar 19 | Nelson Lake ramble |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| American Bittern | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| Great Blue Heron | Jan 19 | Fox River ramble |
| Great Egret | Apr 10 | Prairie Green |
| Green Heron | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| White-faced Ibis | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Turkey Vulture | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Osprey | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Bald Eagle | Jan 14 | Forreston ramble |
| Northern Harrier | Jan 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Cooper's Hawk | Jan 16 | Country roads outing |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Jan 19 | Fox River ramble |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| American Kestrel | Jan 14 | Forreston ramble |
| Virginia Rail | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Sora | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Common Moorhen | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| American Coot | Feb 20 | Gull Frolic |
| Sandhill Crane | Mar 6 | Nelson Lake |
| Whooping Crane | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Semipalmated Plover | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Killdeer | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Black-necked Stilt | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Spotted Sandpiper | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Solitary Sandpiper | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| Ruddy Turnstone | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Least Sandpiper | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| Dunlin | May12 | Magee Marsh |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Jul 17 | Jelke Bird Sanctuary |
| Wilson's Snipe | Apr 3 | Nelson Lake |
| American Woodcock | Apr 1 | Campton FP ramble |
| Ring-billed Gull | Jan 23 | Starved Rock outing |
| Herring Gull | Jan 19 | Fox River ramble |
| Thayer's Gull | Feb 20 | Gull Frolic |
| Iceland Gull | Feb 20 | Gull Frolic |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Feb 20 | Gull Frolic |
| Glaucous Gull | Feb 20 | Gull Frolic |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Feb 20 | Gull Frolic |
| Caspian Tern | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Black Tern | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Forster's Tern | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Rock Pigeon | Feb 18 | Country roads ramble |
| Eurasian-collared Dove | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| Mourning Dove | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Monk Parakeet | May 15 | Magic Hedge outing |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Great Horned Owl | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Barred Owl | Mar 5 | Johnson's Mound FP ramble |
| Short-eared Owl | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| Common Nighthawk | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Chimney Swift | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Belted Kingfisher | Feb 27 | Les Arends FP |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Apr 3 | Nelson Lake |
| Downy Woodpecker | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Jan 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Northern Flicker | Feb 27 | Les Arends FP |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | May 24 | Prairie Green ramble |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Willow Flycatcher | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Least Flycatcher | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Eastern Phoebe | Mar 13 | Quarry Park |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Eastern Kingbird | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| Northern Shrike | Jan 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Bell's Vireo | Jun 2 | Aurora West FP ramble |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Apr 17 | Elsen's Hill |
| Warbling Vireo | Apr 15 | Les Arends ramble |
| Philadelphia Vireo | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Red-eyed Vireo | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Blue Jay | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Black-billed Magpie | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| American Crow | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Horned Lark | Jan 16 | Country roads outing |
| Purple Martin | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Tree Swallow | Apr 3 | Nelson Lake |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| Bank Swallow | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Cliff Swallow | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Barn Swallow | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| Carolina Chickadee | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Tufted Titmouse | Jan 23 | Starved Rock outing |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Jan 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Brown Creeper | Jan 19 | Fox River ramble |
| Carolina Wren | Feb 27 | Les Arends FP |
| House Wren | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Sedge Wren | May 24 | Prairie Green ramble |
| Marsh Wren | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Apr 3 | Nelson Lake |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Apr 15 | Les Arends ramble |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| Eastern Bluebird | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| Veery | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Swainson's Thrush | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Hermit Thrush | Apr 3 | Nelson Lake |
| Wood Thrush | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| American Robin | Jan 19 | Fox River ramble |
| Gray Catbird | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Northern Mockingbird | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| Brown Thrasher | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| European Starling | Jan 2 | Nelson Lake |
| Cedar Waxwing | Feb 27 | Les Arends FP |
| Golden-winged Warbler | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Tennessee Warbler | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Nashville Warbler | May11 | Magee Marsh |
| Northern Parula | May 4 | Fabyan FP ramble |
| Yellow Warbler | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Magnolia Warbler | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Cape May Warbler | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Apr 15 | Les Arends ramble |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Blackburnian Warbler | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | May 4 | Fabyan FP ramble |
| Pine Warbler | Apr 17 | Elsen's Hill |
| Palm Warbler | Apr 15 | Les Arends ramble |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Blackpoll Warbler | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Cerulean Warbler | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Black-and-white Warbler | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| American Redstart | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Prothonotary Warbler | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Ovenbird | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Northern Waterthrush | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Mourning Warbler | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Common Yellowthroat | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Hooded Warbler | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Wilson's Warbler | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Canada Warbler | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | May 21 | Will County ramble |
| Spotted Towhee | Feb 3 | FermiLab ramble |
| Eastern Towhee | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| American Tree Sparrow | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Chipping Sparrow | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Field Sparrow | Apr 10 | Effingham road trip |
| Vesper Sparrow | Apr 10 | Prairie Green |
| Lark Sparrow | Jun 16 | Fitchie Creek FP ramble |
| Savannah Sparrow | Apr 10 | Prairie Green |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | May 24 | Prairie Green ramble |
| Henslow's Sparrow | Jun 2 | Aurora West FP ramble |
| Fox Sparrow | Jan 14 | Forreston ramble |
| Song Sparrow | Jan 2 | Nelson Lake |
| White-throated Sparrow | Jan 19 | Fox River ramble |
| White-crowned Sparrow | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Lapland Longspur | Feb 18 | Country roads ramble |
| Summer Tanager | May 12 | Magee Marsh |
| Scarlet Tanager | May 10 | Magee Marsh |
| Northern Cardinal | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| Ruse-breasted Grosbeak | May 21 | Will County ramble |
| Indigo Bunting | May 4 | Fabyan FP ramble |
| Dickcissel | Jun 2 | Aurora West FP ramble |
| Bobolink | May 22-24 | Horicon road trip |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Jan 23 | Starved Rock outing |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Western Meadowlark | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | May 11 | Magee Marsh |
| Rusty Blackbird | Jan 23 | Starved Rock outing |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Apr 10 | Prairie Green |
| Common Grackle | Mar 12 | FermiLab ramble |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Mar 26 | Nebraska road trip |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Jan 14 | Forreston ramble |
| Orchard Oriole | May 29 | Grunwald walk |
| Baltimore Oriole | May 1 | Nelson Lake |
| House Finch | Jan 14 | Forreston ramble |
| American Goldfinch | Jan 1 | Nelson Lake |
| House Sparrow | Jan 14 | Forreston ramble |
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