Peak migration months for IL birds that are not common breeders in IL
Sorted by month and habitat with frequency of sighting reports on IBET as of 4-10-02
March,
April, May, July, August,
September, October, November,
December
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Habitat |
IBET Rpt |
|
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Lapland
Longspur |
agri fields |
Few |
|
Golden-crowned
Kinglet |
conifers |
Many |
|
Horned
Grebe |
large lake |
Few |
|
Greater
Scaup |
large lake |
Few |
|
Black
Scoter |
large lake |
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck |
large lake |
|
|
Trumpeter
Swan |
large river |
|
|
Tundra
Swan |
large river |
Few |
|
Habitat |
IBET Rpt |
|
|
Common
Snipe |
agri fields |
Few |
|
American
Woodcock |
agri fields |
Many |
|
Smith's
Longspur |
agri fields |
Few |
|
American
Pipit |
agri fields |
Few |
|
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet |
conifers |
Few |
|
Palm
Warbler |
conifers |
|
|
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker |
decid wood |
Many |
|
Winter
Wren |
decid wood |
Few |
|
Hermit
Thrush |
decid wood |
Many |
|
Horned
Grebe |
large lake |
Few |
|
Black
Scoter |
large lake |
|
|
Bonaparte's
Gull |
large lake |
|
|
Common
Loon |
large river |
Many |
|
American
White Pelican |
large river |
Few |
|
Sora |
marsh |
|
|
Blue-winged
Teal |
marsh, pond |
Many |
|
Northern
Shoveler |
marsh, pond |
Many |
|
American
Golden-Plover |
mud flats |
Few |
|
American
Avocet |
mud flats |
|
|
Greater
Yellowlegs |
mud flats |
Few |
|
Lesser
Yellowlegs |
mud flats |
Few |
|
Pectoral
Sandpiper |
mud flats |
Few |
|
Least
Sandpiper |
mud flats |
Few |
|
Bank
Swallow |
river |
|
|
Cliff
Swallow |
river |
Few |
|
Yellow
Warbler |
stream |
|
|
Sharp-shinned
Hawk |
flyway |
Few |
|
Red-shouldered
Hawk |
flyway |
Few |
|
Broad-winged
Hawk |
flyway |
|
|
Habitat |
IBET Rpt |
|
|
Semipalmated
Plover |
beach |
|
|
Sanderling |
beach |
|
|
Magnolia
Warbler |
conifers |
|
|
Cape May
Warbler |
conifers |
|
|
Blackburnian
Warbler |
conifers |
|
|
Bay-breasted
Warbler |
conifers |
|
|
Blackpoll
Warbler |
conifers |
|
|
Olive-sided
Flycatcher |
decid wood |
|
|
Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher |
decid wood |
|
|
Alder
Flycatcher |
decid wood |
|
|
Least
Flycatcher |
decid wood |
|
|
Philadelphia
Vireo |
decid wood |
|
|
Veery |
decid wood |
|
|
Gray-cheeked
Thrush |
decid wood |
|
|
Swainson's
Thrush |
decid wood |
|
|
Scarlet
Tanager |
decid wood |
|
|
Purple
Finch |
decid wood |
|
|
Golden-winged
Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Tennessee
Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Chestnut-sided
Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Black-throated
Blue Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Yellow-rumped
Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Black-throated
Green Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Pine
Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Black-and-White
Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Ovenbird |
decid wood |
|
|
American
Redstart |
decid wood |
|
|
Connecticut
Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Mourning
Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Canada
Warbler |
decid wood |
|
|
Lincoln's
Sparrow |
grasslands |
|
|
Common
Tern |
large lake |
|
|
Forster's
Tern |
large lake |
|
|
Black
Tern |
large lake |
|
|
Sora |
marsh |
|
|
Solitary
Sandpiper |
marsh |
|
|
Spotted
Sandpiper |
marsh |
|
|
Semipalmated
Sandpiper |
mud flats |
|
|
Least
Sandpiper |
mud flats |
|
|
Dunlin |
mud flats |
|
|
Northern
Waterthrush |
stream |
|
|
Wilson's
Warbler |
|
|
|
Habitat |
IBET Rpt |
|
|
Least
Sandpiper |
mud flats |
|
|
Forster's
Tern |
large lake |
|
|
Habitat |
IBET Rpt |
|
|
Semipalmated
Plover |
|
|
|
American
Avocet |
|
|
|
Greater
Yellowlegs |
|
|
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Lesser
Yellowlegs |
|
|
|
Solitary
Sandpiper |
|
|
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Spotted
Sandpiper |
|
|
|
Semipalmated
Sandpiper |
|
|
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Pectoral
Sandpiper |
|
|
|
Caspian
Tern |
|
|
|
Common
Tern |
|
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|
Forster's
Tern |
|
|
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Black
Tern |
|
|
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Bank
Swallow |
|
|
|
Cliff
Swallow |
|
|
|
Habitat |
IBET Rpt |
|
|
American
White Pelican |
|
|
|
Blue-winged
Teal |
|
|
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Sharp-shinned
Hawk |
|
|
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Red-shouldered
Hawk |
|
|
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Broad-winged
Hawk |
|
|
|
American
Golden-Plover |
|
|
|
American
Avocet |
|
|
|
Greater
Yellowlegs |
|
|
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Lesser
Yellowlegs |
|
|
|
Sanderling |
|
|
|
Bonaparte's
Gull |
|
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Forster's
Tern |
|
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Black
Tern |
|
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Olive-sided
Flycatcher |
|
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Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher |
|
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Alder
Flycatcher |
|
|
|
Least
Flycatcher |
|
|
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Philadelphia
Vireo |
|
|
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Gray-cheeked
Thrush |
|
|
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Swainson's
Thrush |
|
|
|
Least
Sandpiper |
|
|
|
Golden-winged
Warbler |
|
|
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Tennessee
Warbler |
|
|
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Chestnut-sided
Warbler |
|
|
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Magnolia
Warbler |
|
|
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Cape May
Warbler |
|
|
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Black-throated
Blue Warbler |
|
|
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Yellow-rumped
Warbler |
|
|
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Black-throated
Green Warbler |
|
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Blackburnian
Warbler |
|
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|
Yellow
Palm Warbler |
|
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Bay-breasted
Warbler |
|
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Blackpoll
Warbler |
|
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Black-and-White
Warbler |
|
|
|
Ovenbird |
|
|
|
American
Redstart |
|
|
|
Northern
Waterthrush |
|
|
|
Wilson's
Warbler |
|
|
|
Wilson's
Warbler |
|
|
|
Connecticut
Warbler |
|
|
|
Mourning
Warbler |
|
|
|
Canada
Warbler |
|
|
|
Habitat |
IBET Rpt |
|
|
American
White Pelican |
|
|
|
Northern
Shoveler |
|
|
|
Black
Scoter |
|
|
|
Dunlin |
|
|
|
Common
Snipe |
|
|
|
American
Woodcock |
|
|
|
Bonaparte's
Gull |
|
|
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Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker |
|
|
|
Golden-crowned
Kinglet |
|
|
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Ruby-crowned
Kinglet |
|
|
|
Hermit
Thrush |
|
|
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Lincoln's
Sparrow |
|
|
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Purple
Finch |
|
|
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Orange-crowned
Warbler |
|
|
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Yellow-rumped
Warbler |
|
|
|
Pine
Warbler |
|
|
|
Habitat |
IBET Rpt |
|
|
Horned
Grebe |
|
|
|
Tundra
Swan |
|
|
|
Greater
Scaup |
|
|
|
Black
Scoter |
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck |
|
|
|
Bonaparte's
Gull |
|
|
|
Lapland
Longspur |
|
|
|
Habitat |
IBET Rpt |
|
|
Trumpeter
Swan |
|
|
|
Tundra
Swan |
|
|
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Long-tailed
Duck |
|
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Rough-legged
Hawk |
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