Winter Owls at Carlyle Lake
Snow Goose Canada Goose Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Northern Bobwhite Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren
Gull Frolic
Canada Goose Mallard Redhead Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Northern Shrike Total: 20 species
IOS Annual Spring Birding Weekend
Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Greater Prairie-Chicken Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant American Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Wood Duck Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Yellow Rail Virginia Rail Sora American Coot American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Black-necked Stilt Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs
Golden-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird American Robin European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Northern Cardinal Eastern Meadowlark House Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow Total: 67 species
Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird’s Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Caspian Tern Forster’s Tern Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Chimney Swift Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Eastern Kingbird Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Horned Lark Purple Martin Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper Carolina Wren House Wren Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Swainson’s Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling American Pipit Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Henslow’s Sparrow Le Conte’s Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Smith’s Longspur Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole House Finch
American Goldfinch House Sparrow Total: 142 species
Yellow Rail Walk
American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant American Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Mute Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Lesser Scaup Osprey Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Ring-necked Pheasant Virginia Rail Sora American Coot American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Forster's Tern Rock Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Blue Jay
St. Louis and Surrounding Areas
This trip was canceled
American Crow Horned Lark Purple Martin Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling American Pipit Blue-winged Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Magnolia Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Palm Warbler Black-and-White Warbler Common Yellowthroat Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Smith's Longspur Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Total: 98 species
Iroquois and Kankakee Counties
Canada Goose Mallard Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper American Woodcock Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech-Owl Barred Owl Whip-poor-will Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Bell's Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse
Lowden-Miller State Forest and Nachusa Grasslands
Canada Goose Mallard Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture American Kestrel Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Bell's Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Sedge Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Veery American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing
White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Sedge Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Dickcissel Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Total: 89 species
Northern Parula Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Dickcissel Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Total: 75 species
IOS Chautauqua Shorebird Spectacular
This trip was canceled
Carlyle Weekend
Snow Goose Wood Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Pheasant Pied-billed Grebe American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Green Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Sora Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Whimbrel Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Caspian Tern Black Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech-Owl Barred Owl Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren
Marsh Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow
Total: 140 species TOTAL SPECIES TO DATE: 218
Sprague's Pipit Walk at Pyramid State Park
Trips Total
Winter Owls at Carlyle Lake 67
Gull Frolic IOS Annual Spring Birding Weekend 20 142
160 140 120 100
80 60 40 20
67
20
0
Yellow Rail Walk St. Louis and Surrounding Areas (canceled) 98
0
- 2009 IOS Field Trips Totals 142
98
89 75
20 0
Field Trips
Iroquois and Kankakee Counties 89
Lowden-Miller State Forest and Nachusa Grasslands 75
140
0
0
IOS Chautauqua Shorebird Spectacular (canceled) 0
Carlyle Weekend 140
Sprague's Pipit Walk at Pyramid State Park 0