Grant Park, Chicago mid May

Grant Park, Chicago--Museum Campus, Cook County, Illinois, US ( Map )( Hotspot )

Date and Effort

Tue May 15, 2018 5:00 AM

Protocol:

Traveling

Party Size:

1

Duration:

2 hour(s), 15 minute(s)

Distance:

1.5 mile(s)

Observers:

David Willard

Comments:

heavy overcast, 61 F; wind becoming N during the walk

Species

62 species total

18	Canada Goose including one brood of 2
4	Mallard
1	Chimney Swift
1	Killdeer
150	Ring-billed Gull
2	Herring Gull
4	Caspian Tern
1	Double-crested Cormorant
1	Great Blue Heron
1	Black-crowned Night-Heron
1	Least Flycatcher
1	Eastern Kingbird
1	Blue-headed Vireo
1	Philadelphia Vireo
5	American Crow
10	Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1	Tree Swallow
10	Barn Swallow
5	Black-capped Chickadee
4	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7	Veery
3	Gray-cheeked Thrush
14	Swainson's Thrush
1	Wood Thrush
15	American Robin
21	Gray Catbird
1	Brown Thrasher
10	European Starling
3	Cedar Waxwing
1	House Finch
11	American Goldfinch
1	Clay-colored Sparrow
45	White-crowned Sparrow
9	White-throated Sparrow
15	Savannah Sparrow
2	Song Sparrow
5	Lincoln's Sparrow
10	Swamp Sparrow
2	Orchard Oriole
8	Baltimore Oriole
20	Red-winged Blackbird
1	Brown-headed Cowbird
5	Common Grackle
7	Ovenbird
3	Northern Waterthrush
1	Black-and-white Warbler
8	Tennessee Warbler
3	Nashville Warbler
1	Connecticut Warbler
6	Common Yellowthroat
4	American Redstart
5	Cape May Warbler
2	Magnolia Warbler
3	Yellow Warbler
2	Blackpoll Warbler
8	Palm Warbler
1	Yellow-rumped Warbler
2	Wilson's Warbler
2	Scarlet Tanager
3	Northern Cardinal
3	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
15	House Sparrow

Location

Grant Park, Chicago--Museum Campus, Cook County, Illinois, US ( Map )( Hotspot )

Date and Effort

Tue May 15, 2018 9:11 AM

Protocol:

Traveling

Party Size:

1

Duration:

1 hour(s), 4 minute(s)

Distance:

1.05 mile(s)

Observers:

Ethan Gyllenhaal

Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.6.36

Species

52 species (+1 other taxa) total

5	Canada Goose
1	Red-breasted Merganser
1	Whimbrel (Hudsonian) *rare. Lone bird sitting on Monroe harbor breakwall about 100-150m N of shedd. Distinctive patterned, medium brown, large shorebird (vs plain gray Willet or tan MAGO) with even more diagnostic fairly long, thin, decurved bill. Garbage digibin shots obtained, prob not IDable
200	Ring-billed Gull
5	Herring Gull (American)
3	Caspian Tern
2	Double-crested Cormorant
1	Peregrine Falcon
1	Eastern Wood-Pewee
2	Willow Flycatcher
4	Least Flycatcher
5	American Crow Breeding Code ON Occupied Nest (Confirmed)
3	Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2	Barn Swallow (American)
2	Black-capped Chickadee
1	Veery
4	Gray-cheeked Thrush
8	Swainson's Thrush (Olive-backed)
5	Catharus sp.
1	Wood Thrush
5	American Robin
9	Gray Catbird
2	European Starling
1	House Finch
3	American Goldfinch
1	Chipping Sparrow
25	White-crowned Sparrow (leucophrys)
11	White-throated Sparrow
1	Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)
1	Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)
2	Lincoln's Sparrow
2	Swamp Sparrow
1	Eastern Towhee
2	Baltimore Oriole
10	Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)
1	Brown-headed Cowbird
3	Common Grackle (Bronzed)
4	Ovenbird
1	Northern Waterthrush
1	Black-and-white Warbler
1	Tennessee Warbler
1	Nashville Warbler (ruficapilla)
1	Mourning Warbler
12	Common Yellowthroat
9	American Redstart
1	Magnolia Warbler
3	Palm Warbler (Western)
1	Canada Warbler
3	Wilson's Warbler
2	Northern Cardinal
2	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
4	Indigo Bunting
5	House Sparrow