Montrose point, Chicago

Chicago in mid to late May is mightily appealing. No need to rent a car, even.
And 70 species stationary??

Montrose Point, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, US ( Map )( Hotspot )

Date and Effort

Tue May 22, 2018 6:30 AM

Protocol:

Stationary

Party Size:

1

Duration:

5 hour(s), 30 minute(s)

Observers:

Luis Munoz

Comments:

N/A

Species

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70 species total

7	Canada Goose
13	Mallard
1	Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1	Common Nighthawk ML101535261 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
57	Chimney Swift
1	Ruby-throated Hummingbird A female. ML101532181 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
6	Semipalmated Plover
1	Killdeer
8	Dunlin
3	Least Sandpiper ML101531671 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
8	Semipalmated Sandpiper
19	Spotted Sandpiper
103	Ring-billed Gull
2	Herring Gull
80	Caspian Tern
27	Double-crested Cormorant
1	Downy Woodpecker A male.
2	Eastern Wood-Pewee
5	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ML101532391 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
4	Least Flycatcher
1	Philadelphia Vireo
3	Warbling Vireo
4	Red-eyed Vireo
2	American Crow
16	Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2	Purple Martin
2	Bank Swallow Nest building.
14	Barn Swallow
4	Black-capped Chickadee
1	House Wren
3	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ML101532711 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
1	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5	Veery ML101532851 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
3	Gray-cheeked Thrush
5	Swainson's Thrush
18	American Robin
11	Gray Catbird
2	European Starling
16	Cedar Waxwing
1	American Goldfinch A female.
2	Chipping Sparrow
4	White-crowned Sparrow
9	Savannah Sparrow
4	Lincoln's Sparrow
6	Baltimore Oriole
44	Red-winged Blackbird
1	Brown-headed Cowbird
15	Common Grackle
2	Ovenbird
3	Northern Waterthrush ML101533361 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz ML101533421 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
4	Black-and-white Warbler
1	Nashville Warbler
3	Connecticut Warbler A male and two females. ML101533781 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz ML101533911 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz ML101533991 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
4	Mourning Warbler
18	Common Yellowthroat
32	American Redstart
3	Cape May Warbler
14	Magnolia Warbler
2	Bay-breasted Warbler ML101534321 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
2	Blackburnian Warbler ML101534411 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
8	Yellow Warbler
1	Chestnut-sided Warbler A female.
10	Blackpoll Warbler
8	Palm Warbler
1	Yellow-rumped Warbler
2	Black-throated Green Warbler
7	Canada Warbler ML101534711 ⚑ Report...  Macaulay Library © Luis Munoz
6	Wilson's Warbler
5	Northern Cardinal
5	House Sparrow

Chicago birding in late May

Doesn't have to visit Magee Marsh.
Lincoln Park seems just as good!

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45931440

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S37114834

For Mourning & Connecticut Warbler, my target species, more than enough..

Golden-winged though, stay till like the 20th

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45598465