Summer 2002 Bird Search
Sightings gathered from IBET, family, other birders
Numbers in "location" column refer to sites covered in DeVore's book
Bold references in "date" and "location" are my own sightings, (a) in "date" is heard only, not seen
| Species | Habitat/Breeding | Sighting date | Sighting location |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Moist thickets in low overgrown pastures and orchards; also occurs in thicker undergrowth and sparse woodlands | 5/31 (a), 7/4, - | W pond, Elsen’s Hill |
| 7/4 | Herrick Lake, N of Warrenville, E of Herrick | ||
| 5/29, - | Dead River in IBSP | ||
| 5/28 | Ryerson CA | ||
| 6/15 | Orland Grasslands | ||
| 5/28 (war), - | Morton Arb, along trail towards Fisher Lake | ||
| recent | Crab Tree | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Native shrub-grasslands composed of short to middle height grass cover with 25 percent cover as bare ground | 6/1 | Midewin |
| 6/8, 6/15 | Paul Douglas, fields along track, N of marsh | ||
| 6/2 | Silver Springs State Park Grasslands of the Fox prairie restoration area | ||
| 6/4 (war) | Green Valley Area, S Naperville (S of 75th St and W of Rte 53), from the parking lot take the trail north - about 200 yards, actively singing on the east side of the trail | ||
| (historic) | Nelson Lake, 38 | ||
| Henslow’s Sparrow | Moist or dry fields and meadows, often with scattered shrubs | 6/1 | Springbrook Prairie |
| Late May | Fermi Lab | ||
| Late May | Pratt’s Wayne Woods | ||
| 6/2 | Silver Springs State Park Grasslands of the Fox prairie restoration area | ||
| 6/8, 6/15 | Paul Douglas FP in the big field west & north of the marsh | ||
| 6/1 (war) | Danada, from the parking area near the barn, take the trail through the woods E to the big hill overlooking the lake, then the new (bike) trail down the hill toward the lake (1 left of the trail near the lake, 1 right of the trail just east of the clump of young trees/bushes) | ||
| (historic) | Nelson Lake, 27, 30, 31, 51, 72 | ||
| Dickcissel | Prairie, grassland | 6/1, 6/17 | Midewin |
| 6/15 | Orland Grasslands | ||
| 6/2 | Silver Springs State Park Grasslands of the Fox prairie restoration area | ||
| 6/18, 6/23 | Nelson Lake, in weed fields along the tire track moving NW from the trail, just beyond the steel bridge at the south end | ||
| 7/6 | Eola Rd, S of Batavia Rd in Fermi Lab | ||
| Bell’s Vireo | Riparian thickets, willow scrub, often near rivers and streams; breeds May through July | 6/1, 6/5 | Pratt's Wayne along the tracks on the west side of the dog training field, about 500 feet south of the underpass. |
| 6/10 (war) | McKee Marsh, on the concrete near the trail just before it goes into the woods on the West Branch of the loop trail. | ||
| (historic) | 47, 43, 44, 65 | ||
| Summer Tanager | Oak forest; Where the range overlaps with that of the SCTA, SUTA tend to occupy more open habitat | 5/27, - | Elsen’s Hill, W pond |
| 6/1, 6/3 | In the trees near the metal bridge at Waterfall Glen | ||
| 6/22 | Iroquois County Conservation Area’s Hooper Branch in the trees along the gravel road | ||
| 6/29, - | Greene Valley FP, at the parking area next to the landfill off Greene Road, in the treeline next to the horse trailer parking area | ||
| Swainson’s Hawk | Meadows | 6/1, 6/8 | N side of Big Timber W of IL 47, perched in dead tree. Also Coral Woods Conservation Area, S. Hill St.; Huntley Outlet Mall |
| Bank Swallow | Sand banks near water | 5/28, 6/1 | S of N Point Marina in IBSP, at shoreline |
| Kentucky Warbler | Riparian woodlands with dense undergrowth. Nest in shrubby woodlands on hillsides and in brush floodplains, especially near white oak swamps | 6/9, 6/11, 6/29(a) | McClaughry Springs, park at 40-Acre Woods on the south side of 119th, east of LaGrange Rd. On the west side is a gravel trail that crosses 119th. Follow that trail north of 119th until it joins with the main east-west trail a couple of hundred yards from 119th. The bird was singing persistently west of that trail very near the junction |
| 6/16 | Green Oaks Field Station, Know County | ||
| (historic) | Sugar River, 76, 77, 78 | ||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Large parcels of hardwood and mixed deciduous-coniferous forests used as breeding grounds (but well to the N of IL) | 6/16, - | Pratt's Wayne Woods, W side of Powis, at the first place where one can cross from the inbound one-way to the outbound one-way lane |
| Cerulean Warbler | Mature deciduous forest, often near streams | 5/25 (a) | Pine Hill near P-22 Morton Arboretum |
| 5/28 | Along Sawmill Creek at Waterfall Glen | ||
| 6/8 | Sugar River RRA main loop road, 7, 35, 36 | ||
| 6/11 | Palos, north of 107th along the ridge that parallels 107th | ||
| 7/5 | Red Gate Woods, Palos | ||
| Pileated Woodpecker | Late successional stages of coniferous or deciduous forest, but also younger forests that have scattered, large, dead trees | 5/28 | North-East of the Visitors Center bldg. at Ryerson |
| (historic) | Sugar River, 38, 48, 70, 73, 75, 77 | ||
| Wilson’s Phalarope | Shallow mudflat ponds (migration) | 6/2 | Pond on Annie Glidden Rd, DeKalb |
| 6/1, 6/3 | Pillsbury Pond, Geneva | ||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Shallow mudflat ponds (migration) | 7/14 | Pond on Annie Glidden Rd, DeKalb |
| 7/14 | Lake Calumet, Big Marsh | ||
| Sanderlings | Beach | 7/12 | Waukegan beach |
| Common Tern | Nest on isolated, sparsely vegetated islands or peninsulas in large lakes. Sandy substrates are typical | 5/25 | Beach N of North Point Marina |
| 6/16 | N beach at Montrose Harbor | ||
| Forster’s Tern | Fresh water marsh; sandy beaches | 5/25 | Beach N of North Point Marina; |
| (historic) | Chain of Lakes SP | ||
| Black Tern | Nest in prairies and in the more extensive deep-water marshes or marsh complexes | 5/25 | Beach N of North Point Marina |
| 6/19 | Fermi Lab, hunting over the Eola Rd. pond | ||
| 7/9 (many) | Redwing Marsh (Lake Cty) | ||
| Little Blue Heron | Pond, marsh | 6/16, 7/14 | Burnham Pairie |
| 6/23 | Indian Ridge Marsh N | ||
| 7/14 | Lake Calumet, Big Marsh | ||
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Pond, marsh, river | 7/9 | Deadstick pond (Lake Calument) |
| Least Bittern | Dense marshland environments containing cattails and reeds | 6/8 | Grant Forest Preserve |
| 6/18(a), - | Pratt's Wayne Woods, marsh near dog training area; also pond SW of the intersection of Powis and Stearns Rd. at Pratt's Wayne | ||
| (recent) | Crab Tree | ||
| (historic) | Nelson Lake, 11, 28, 29 | ||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Frequently associated with emergent marshes, taking up residence in the deepest water areas, rather than the shallower areas associated with RWBL | 6/15 | Paul Douglas FP, in the marsh to the N of the parking lot |
| 6/16, - | Pratt's Wayne Woods, marsh N of dog fields | ||
| King Rail | Marsh | 6/9 | Fermi Lab, in a section of cattails and sedges just south of Lake Logo (restricted area) |
| 6/30, 7/4 | Glacial Park, McHenry, the far southwest portion of open water in the marsh on the south side of Harts Rd | ||
| Common Moorhen | Fresh water marshes with emergent vegetation and pools or ditches of open water | 6/8, - | Paul Douglas FP, cattails in the marsh north of the end of the parking lot |
| (recent), - | Pratt's Wayne Woods, marsh N of dog training area. | ||
| 6/16, - | At the dam in McHenry | ||
| (recent), - | Crab Tree | ||
| 6/23 | Indian Ridge Marsh | ||
| 6/23, 7/14 | Hegewisch Marsh | ||
| 7/7 | Almond Marsh (Lake Cty) | ||
| 7/14 | Deadstick Pond (Lake Calument area) | ||
| (historic) | 6, 10, 26, 46 | ||
| Upland Sandpiper | Prairie, grassland | 6/1 | Midewin |
| 6/23. - | Fermi Lab along Eola Rd | ||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Mudflats (migration) | 6/1 | Annie Glidden Rd, DeKalb |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Mudflats (migration) | 7/8 | O'Hare Ponds |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Breeds in woodlands along fast-moving, high-gradient rocky streams and brooks | 5/28 | Along Sawmill Creek at Waterfall Glen |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Grasslands and prairies, thickets near water | 6/2, 6/8, 6/15 | Paul Douglas FP about 3/4 mi. in, along that main tire track trail that heads north |
| Laughing Gull | Lakes, rivers | 6/1 | Above the dam at Starved Rock Lock and Dam |
| Little Blue Heron | Freshwater areas such as ponds, lakes, marshes, swamps, and lagoons, but also sometimes occupy flooded and dry grasslands | 6/16 | Burnham Prairie |
| 6/30 | Indian Ridge Marsh in the Lake Calumet area | ||
| Cattle Egret | Fields, near cattle | ||
| White-eyed Vireo | Dense thickets, most commonly in moist situations | 6/1 (a) | Trail south of Lodge from pond at IBSP |
| 6/3 | Waterfall Glen, just north of the model airplane field | ||
| (recent), - | Along Pairie Path, West Chicago Prairie | ||
| 6/29 | Cap Sauers Holding in Palos | ||
| Loggerhead Shrike | Fields, pastures | 6/22, 7/5 | Along the road off Route 53 that leads to the two trails at Midewin, also within Midewin |
| (historic) | 31, 38, 60, 61, 66, 71 | ||
| Carolina Wren | Dense shrub and brushy habitats; Common in forests, clear cuts, and wooded suburban areas with thick underbrush | 6/28, 6/29 | Along the creek at McClaughry Springs, Palos |
| (historic) | 37, 38, 40 | ||
| Northern Bobwhite | Agricultural lands, edges between habitat types, young pine plantations | 6/12 (war), 6/16 | Herrick Lake, from Herrick Rd, walk the E-W trail to where it intersects with the loop trail, about 20 feet SW of the trail intersection at the base of a bush. |
| (historic) | 40, 45, 47, 51, 52, 60 | ||
| Whip-poor-will | Dry, open woodlands and canyons | (historic) | Lowden-Miller, parking lot 2 |
| Lark Sparrow | Breed in prairies, savannah, mesas, farmlands, open woodland, and other open areas with scattered trees and patches of bare ground | (historic) | Fermi Lab, 35, 38, 44, 47, 48, 57 |
| 6/8 | Sugar River Alder Site, along trail within grassland area | ||
| Mourning Warbler | Thickets of blackberries and raspberries in clearcuts, or in wet woods with thick undergrowth. | (historic) | Lowden-Miller, parking lot 3 trail, within clearcuts |
| 6/20, - | West DuPage Woods, along the Habitat Improvement Area at the end of the Pine Trail | ||
| 6/23, 7/12 | IBSP, along the loop trail of the north unit | ||
| Acadian Flycatcher | Breed in mesic forests, as well as in hemlock, yellow birch, and white pine relics with semi-open understory, and prefer forested streamsides and ravines. Heavily wooded bottomland, swamps & thicket | 6/8(a), - | Sugar River, inside main loop road. |
| 6/25 | Lake Forest Open Lands | ||
| 6/12 (rjr), - | Goodrich Woods, on the south side of Hobson Rd. east of Washington St. and west of Naper Blvd. Walk the single short loop path, listen. | ||
| 6/11 | Palos, north of 107th along the ridge that parallels 107th. Access to this area is via a bike trail that can be reached from along 107th just west of the eastern of the two western Saganashkee Slough access areas or from a pullout, with a map of Palos, west of Saganashkee Slough about 500 yards. | ||
| 7/5 | Red Gate Woods, Palos | ||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Bottomland hardwoods, mesic deciduous or mixed deciduous-conifer forests, and wooded margins of marshes | 6/18 | Pratt's Wayne Woods, from E side, flyover to the W |
| (historic), - | Sugar River | ||
| Barred Owl | Forested bottom lands | 6/8 | Sugar River RRA, lower woodlands |
| Western Kingbird | Open country: grasslands, desert scrub, pastures, cultivated fields, urban areas, and savannah, nearly always with trees, shrubs, or tall man-made structures | 6/8 | IBSP, along the East (upland) part of the Dead River Trail. |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Coniferous forest biome, usually associated with openings, including muskegs, meadows, burns and logged areas; and water, including streams, beaver ponds, bogs and lakes | 6/7 | Independence Grove Forest Preserve in Libertyville |
| Northern Mockingbird | Residential, farms | 6/3 | Northwestern U campus, Evanston |