| CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF
CARLYLE LAKE Bond, Clinton and Fayette County, Illinois Spring Migration (mid February - early June) Nesting Season/Dispersal (May - August) Fall Migration (late June - mid December) Winter Season (mid December - mid February) Common - occurs regularly and in considerable numbers, easy to observe Fairly Common - occurs regularly, but in smaller numbers, easy to observe Uncommon - occurs regularly, but in small numbers, may be missed Rare - occurs regularly, but in very small numbers, likely to be missed Very Rare - occurs irregularly as a vagrant or out of season, likely to be missed * - unresolved status Steinhauer Collection circa 1887-1930 C. B. Vandercook nesting records circa 1922 |
| Family Anatidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 1. Greater White-fronted Goose | c | c | c | |
| 2. Snow Goose | c | c | c | |
| 3. Ross's Goose | fc | fc | fc | |
| 4. Brant | vr | |||
| 5. Cackling Goose | fc | fc | fc | |
| 6. Canada Goose | c | fc | c | c |
| 7. Mute Swan - feral | r | r | ||
| 8. Trumpeter Swan | r | r | r | |
| 9. Tundra Swan | r | r | ||
| 10. Wood Duck | c | fc | c | r |
| 11. Gadwall | c | r | c | u |
| 12. Eurasian Wigeon | vr | |||
| 13. American Wigeon | c | c | u | |
| 14. American Black Duck | u | u | fc | |
| 15. Mallard | c | c | c | c |
| 16. Mottled Duck | vr | |||
| 17. Blue-winged Teal | c | u | c | vr |
| 18. Cinnamon Teal | r | vr | ||
| 19. Northern Shoveler | c | c | u | |
| 20. Northern Pintail | c | r | c | u |
| 21. Green-winged Teal | c | r | c | u |
| 22. Canvasback | c | c | fc | |
| 23. Redhead | c | c | u | |
| 24. Ring-necked Duck | c | c | u | |
| 25. Greater Scaup | u | u | u | |
| 26. Lesser Scaup | c | c | fc | |
| 27. King Eider | ||||
| 28. Surf Scoter | r | r | r | |
| 29. White-winged Scoter | r | r | r | |
| 30. Black Scoter | r | r | ||
| 31. Long-tailed Duck | r | r | r | |
| 32. Bufflehead | fc | fc | u | |
| 33. Common Goldeneye | fc | vr | fc | c |
| 34. Hooded Merganser | fc | u | fc | fc |
| 35. Common Merganser | u | vr | u | c |
| 36. Red-breasted Merganser | c | c | u | |
| 37. Ruddy Duck | c | c | u | |
| Family Odontophoridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 38. Northern Bobwhite | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| Family Phasianidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 39. Ring-necked Pheasant - feral | u | u | u | u |
| 40. Ruffed Grouse | ||||
| 41. Greater Prairie-Chicken | vr | vr | ||
| 42. Wild Turkey | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| Family Gaviidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 43. Red-throated Loon | r | r | ||
| 44. Pacific Loon | r | |||
| 45. Common Loon | u | fc | r | |
| Family Podicipedidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 46. Pied-billed Grebe | fc | r | fc | r |
| 47. Horned Grebe | u | fc | r | |
| 48. Red-necked Grebe | r | r | ||
| 49. Eared Grebe | r | r | ||
| 50. Western Grebe | r | vr | r | |
| Family Pelecanidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 51. American White Pelican | c | fc | c | r |
| 52. Brown Pelican | vr | |||
| Family Phalacrocoracidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 53. Neotropic Cormorant | r | r | r | |
| 54. Double-crested Cormorant | c | c | c | u |
| Family Ardeidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 55. American Bittern | r | vr | r | vr |
| 56. Least Bittern | r | r | r | |
| 57. Great Blue Heron | c | c | c | fc |
| 58. Great Egret | fc | fc | c | |
| 59. Snowy Egret | u | u | u | |
| 60. Little Blue Heron | u | u | fc | |
| 61. Tricolored Heron | vr | vr | ||
| 62. Cattle Egret | u | u | u | |
| 63. Green Heron | fc | fc | fc | |
| 64. Black-crowned Night-Heron | u | u | r | |
| 65. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | u | u | ||
| Family Threskiornithidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 66. White Ibis | vr | |||
| 67. Glossy Ibis | vr | r | ||
| 68. White-faced Ibis | vr | r | ||
| 69. Roseate Spoonbill | vr | |||
| Family Ciconiidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 70. Wood Stork | vr | vr | ||
| Family Cathartidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 71. Black Vulture | vr | |||
| 72. Turkey Vulture | c | c | c | r |
| Family Accipitridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 73. Osprey | u | u | fc | |
| 74. Mississippi Kite | r | vr | ||
| 75. Bald Eagle | u | u | u | fc |
| 76. Northern Harrier | fc | r | fc | fc |
| 77. Sharp-shinned Hawk | fc | fc | fc | |
| 78. Cooper's Hawk | fc | u | fc | fc |
| 79. Northern Goshawk | vr | vr | vr | |
| 80. Red-shouldered Hawk | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| 81. Broad-winged Hawk | u | u | ||
| 82. Swainson's Hawk | vr | vr | ||
| 83. Red-tailed Hawk | c | c | c | c |
| 84. Rough-legged Hawk | u | u | fc | |
| 85. Golden Eagle | r | r | r | |
| Family Falconidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 86. American Kestrel | c | c | c | c |
| 87. Merlin | u | u | r | |
| 88. Peregrine Falcon | u | u | ||
| 89. Prairie Falcon | vr | vr | vr | |
| Family Rallidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 90. Yellow Rail | r | |||
| 91. Black Rail | vr | vr | ||
| 92. King Rail | r | r | ||
| 93. Virginia Rail | u | r | ||
| 94. Sora | fc | fc | ||
| 95. Purple Gallinule | vr | |||
| 96. Common Moorhen | vr | |||
| 97. American Coot | c | r | c | u |
| Family Gruidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 98. Sandhill Crane | r | r | r | r |
| Family Charadriidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 99. Black-bellied Plover | u | u | ||
| 100. American Golden-Plover | c | u | ||
| 101. Semipalmated Plover | c | c | ||
| 102. Piping Plover | r | r | ||
| 103. Killdeer | c | c | c | u |
| Family Recurvirostridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 104. Black-necked Stilt | r | r | r | |
| 105. American Avocet | r | r | ||
| Family Scolopacidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 106. Spotted Sandpiper | fc | r | fc | |
| 107. Solitary Sandpiper | fc | fc | ||
| 108. Greater Yellowlegs | fc | fc | ||
| 109. Willet | r | r | ||
| 110. Lesser Yellowlegs | c | c | ||
| 111. Upland Sandpiper | r | vr | u | |
| 112. Eskimo Curlew | ||||
| 113. Whimbrel | r | r | ||
| 114. Hudsonian Godwit | r | r | ||
| 115. Marbled Godwit | r | r | ||
| 116. Ruddy Turnstone | u | u | ||
| 117. Red Knot | r | r | ||
| 118. Sanderling | u | u | ||
| 119. Semipalmated Sandpiper | c | c | ||
| 120. Western Sandpiper | r | u | ||
| 121. Least Sandpiper | c | c | vr | |
| 122. White-rumped Sandpiper | fc | r | ||
| 123. Baird's Sandpiper | u | u | ||
| 124. Pectoral Sandpiper | c | c | ||
| 125. Dunlin | fc | c | vr | |
| 126. Stilt Sandpiper | u | c | ||
| 127. Buff-breasted Sandpiper | vr | u | ||
| 128. Ruff | vr | vr | ||
| 129. Short-billed Dowitcher | fc | fc | ||
| 130. Long-billed Dowitcher | u | fc | ||
| 131. Wilson's Snipe | c | c | r | |
| 132. American Woodcock | fc | u | u | |
| 133. Wilson's Phalarope | u | u | ||
| 134. Red-necked Phalarope | r | u | ||
| 135. Red Phalarope | r | vr | ||
| Family Laridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 136. Black-legged Kittiwake | r | r | ||
| 137. Sabine's Gull | u | |||
| 138. Bonaparte's Gull | c | c | u | |
| 139. Little Gull | vr | r | ||
| 140. Laughing Gull | u | u | u | vr |
| 141. Franklin's Gull | u | fc | ||
| 142. Mew Gull | r | |||
| 143. Ring-billed Gull | c | c | c | c |
| 144. California Gull | r | r | ||
| 145. Herring Gull | fc | fc | c | |
| 146. Thayer's Gull | r | u | ||
| 147. Iceland Gull | r | |||
| 148. Lesser Black-backed Gull | r | vr | u | u |
| 149. Slaty-backed Gull | vr | |||
| 150. Glaucous-winged Gull | vr | vr | vr | |
| 151. Glaucous Gull | vr | u | ||
| 152. Great Black-backed Gull | r | |||
| 153. Sooty Tern | vr | |||
| 154. Least Tern | r | u | r | |
| 155. Caspian Tern | fc | fc | ||
| 156. Black Tern | fc | fc | ||
| 157. Common Tern | fc | fc | ||
| 158. Arctic Tern | vr | |||
| 159. Forster's Tern | fc | fc | ||
| Family Stercorariidae | ||||
| 160. Pomarine Jaeger | vr | r | ||
| 161. Parasitic Jaeger | r | |||
| 162. Long-tailed Jaeger | r | |||
| Family Alcidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 163. Ancient Murrelet | vr | |||
| Family Columbidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 164. Rock Pigeon - feral | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| 165. Eurasian Collared-Dove - feral | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| 166. White-winged Dove | vr | vr | vr | |
| 167. Mourning Dove | c | c | c | c |
| 168. Passenger Pigeon | ||||
| Family Cuculidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 169. Yellow-billed Cuckoo | c | c | c | |
| 170. Black-billed Cuckoo | u | u | u | |
| Family Tytonidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 171. Barn Owl | u | u | u | u |
| Family Strigidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 172. Eastern Screech-Owl | c | c | c | c |
| 173. Great Horned Owl | c | c | c | c |
| 174. Snowy Owl | r | r | ||
| 175. Barred Owl | c | c | c | c |
| 176. Long-eared Owl | r | vr | r | u |
| 177. Short-eared Owl | r | r | u | |
| 178. Northern Saw-whet Owl | r | r | u | |
| Family Caprimulgidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 179. Common Nighthawk | fc | fc | fc | |
| 180. Chuck-will's-widow | vr | vr | ||
| 181. Whip-poor-will | fc | fc | vr | |
| Family Apodidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 182. Chimney Swift | c | c | c | |
| Family Trochilidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 183. Ruby-throated Hummingbird | c | c | c | |
| Family Alcedinidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 184. Belted Kingfisher | u | u | u | u |
| Family Picidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 185. Red-headed Woodpecker | c | c | c | fc |
| 186. Red-bellied Woodpecker | c | c | c | c |
| 187. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | fc | fc | u | |
| 188. Downy Woodpecker | c | c | c | c |
| 189. Hairy Woodpecker | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| 190. Northern Flicker | c | c | c | fc |
| 191. Pileated Woodpecker | u | u | u | u |
| Family Tyrannidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 192. Olive-sided Flycatcher | u | r | ||
| 193. Eastern Wood-Pewee | c | c | c | |
| 194. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | u | u | ||
| 195. Acadian Flycatcher | fc | fc | * | |
| 196. Alder Flycatcher | fc | * | ||
| 197. Willow Flycatcher | u | u | * | |
| 198. Least Flycatcher | fc | fc | ||
| 199. Eastern Phoebe | fc | fc | fc | r |
| 200. Say's Phoebe | vr | vr | vr | |
| 201. Great Crested Flycatcher | c | c | c | |
| 202. Tropical Kingbird | vr | |||
| 203. Western Kingbird | r | |||
| 204. Eastern Kingbird | c | c | c | |
| 205. Gray Kingbird | vr | |||
| 206. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | r | r | r | |
| Family Laniidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 207. Loggerhead Shrike | u | u | u | u |
| 208. Northern Shrike | vr | vr | vr | |
| Family Vireonidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 209. White-eyed Vireo | c | fc | c | |
| 210. Bell's Vireo | fc | fc | r | |
| 211. Yellow-throated Vireo | fc | fc | fc | |
| 212. Blue-headed Vireo | u | u | ||
| 213. Warbling Vireo | c | c | c | |
| 214. Philadelphia Vireo | u | u | ||
| 215. Red-eyed Vireo | c | c | c | |
| Family Corvidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 216. Blue Jay | c | c | c | c |
| 217. American Crow | c | c | c | c |
| 218. Fish Crow | u | u | ||
| 219. Common Raven | vr | |||
| Family Alaudidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 220. Horned Lark | c | c | c | c |
| Family Hirundinidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 221. Purple Martin | c | c | c | |
| 222. Tree Swallow | c | fc | c | vr |
| 223. Northern Rough-winged Swallow | c | u | c | |
| 224. Bank Swallow | c | fc | c | |
| 225. Cliff Swallow | c | c | c | |
| 226. Cave Swallow | vr | |||
| 227. Barn Swallow | c | c | c | vr |
| Family Paridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 228. Carolina Chickadee (southern Bond & Fayette and all of Clinton County) | c | c | c | c |
| 229. Black-capped Chickadee (northern Bond & Fayette County) | c | c | c | c |
| 230. Tufted Titmouse | c | c | c | c |
| Family Sittidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 231. Red-breasted Nuthatch | u | u | u | |
| 232. White-breasted Nuthatch | c | c | c | c |
| Family Certhiidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 233. Brown Creeper | fc | fc | fc | |
| Family Troglodytidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 234. Rock Wren | vr | |||
| 235. Carolina Wren | c | c | c | c |
| 236. Bewick's Wren | r | vr | ||
| 237. House Wren | c | c | c | vr |
| 238. Winter Wren | u | u | r | |
| 239. Sedge Wren | u | fc | u | vr |
| 240. Marsh Wren | u | r | u | vr |
| Family Regulidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 241. Golden-crowned Kinglet | c | c | c | |
| 242. Ruby-crowned Kinglet | c | c | r | |
| Family Sylviidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 243. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | c | c | c | vr |
| Family Turdidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 244. Eastern Bluebird | c | c | c | fc |
| 245. Veery | u | u | ||
| 246. Gray-cheeked Thrush | u | u | ||
| 247. Swainson's Thrush | c | fc | ||
| 248. Hermit Thrush | fc | fc | u | |
| 249. Wood Thrush | fc | fc | fc | |
| 250. American Robin | c | c | c | c |
| Family Mimidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 251. Gray Catbird | c | c | c | vr |
| 252. Northern Mockingbird | c | c | c | fc |
| 253. Brown Thrasher | c | c | c | r |
| Family Sturnidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 254. European Starling - feral | c | c | c | c |
| Family Motacillidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 255. American Pipit | c | c | r | |
| 256. Sprague's Pipit | vr | |||
| Family Bombycillidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 257. Cedar Waxwing | c | fc | c | u |
| Family Parulidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 258. Blue-winged Warbler | u | u | ||
| 259. Golden-winged Warbler | u | u | ||
| 260. Tennessee Warbler | c | c | ||
| 261. Orange-crowned Warbler | u | u | r | |
| 262. Nashville Warbler | fc | fc | ||
| 263. Northern Parula | fc | fc | fc | |
| 264. Yellow Warbler | c | c | u | |
| 265. Chestnut-sided Warbler | fc | c | ||
| 266. Magnolia Warbler | fc | c | ||
| 267. Cape May Warbler | fc | u | ||
| 268. Black-throated Blue Warbler | vr | r | ||
| 269. Yellow-rumped Warbler | c | c | u | |
| 270. Black-throated Green Warbler | fc | fc | ||
| 271. Blackburnian Warbler | u | u | ||
| 272. Yellow-throated Warbler | fc | fc | u | |
| 273. Pine Warbler | u | r | r | |
| 274. Prairie Warbler | u | |||
| 275. Palm Warbler | fc | fc | vr | |
| 276. Bay-breasted Warbler | u | fc | ||
| 277. Blackpoll Warbler | c | r | ||
| 278. Cerulean Warbler | u | u | vr | |
| 279. Black-and-white Warbler | fc | r | fc | |
| 280. American Redstart | c | c | c | |
| 281. Prothonotary Warbler | fc | fc | u | |
| 282. Worm-eating Warbler | r | vr | vr | |
| 283. Ovenbird | fc | fc | fc | |
| 284. Northern Waterthrush | fc | u | ||
| 285. Louisiana Waterthrush | u | u | ||
| 286. Kentucky Warbler | fc | fc | r | |
| 287. Connecticut Warbler | r | vr | ||
| 288. Mourning Warbler | u | r | ||
| 289. Common Yellowthroat | c | c | c | vr |
| 290. Hooded Warbler | u | vr | ||
| 291. Wilson's Warbler | fc | fc | ||
| 292. Canada Warbler | u | fc | ||
| 293. Yellow-breasted Chat | fc | fc | r | |
| Family Emberizidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 294. Spotted Towhee | vr | vr | vr | |
| 295. Eastern Towhee | c | c | c | u |
| 296. American Tree Sparrow | u | u | c | |
| 297. Chipping Sparrow | c | c | c | r |
| 298. Clay-colored Sparrow | r | r | ||
| 299. Field Sparrow | c | c | c | fc |
| 300. Vesper Sparrow | u | u | ||
| 301. Lark Sparrow | u | u | ||
| 302. Savannah Sparrow | c | c | fc | |
| 303. Grasshopper Sparrow | fc | fc | r | |
| 304. Henslow's Sparrow | u | u | ||
| 305. Le Conte's Sparrow | r | u | r | |
| 306. Nelson's Sparrow | u | |||
| 307. Fox Sparrow | fc | fc | u | |
| 308. Song Sparrow | c | c | c | c |
| 309. Lincoln's Sparrow | u | u | ||
| 310. Swamp Sparrow | c | c | c | |
| 311. White-throated Sparrow | c | c | c | |
| 312. Harris's Sparrow | r | r | r | |
| 313. White-crowned Sparrow | c | c | c | |
| 314. Dark-eyed Junco | c | c | c | |
| 315. Lapland Longspur | fc | fc | c | |
| 316. Smith's Longspur | r | r | ||
| 317. Snow Bunting | r | r | ||
| Family Cardinalidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 318. Summer Tanager | fc | fc | fc | |
| 319. Scarlet Tanager | fc | fc | fc | |
| 320. Western Tanager | vr | |||
| 321. Northern Cardinal | c | c | c | c |
| 322. Rose-breasted Grosbeak | c | fc | c | |
| 323. Blue Grosbeak | fc | fc | fc | |
| 324. Indigo Bunting | c | c | c | r |
| 325. Dickcissel | c | c | fc | vr |
| Family Icteridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 326. Bobolink | fc | u | ||
| 327. Red-winged Blackbird | c | c | c | c |
| 328. Eastern Meadowlark | c | c | c | fc |
| 329. Western Meadowlark | u | r | u | u |
| 330. Yellow-headed Blackbird | r | r | r | |
| 331. Rusty Blackbird | fc | fc | u | |
| 332. Brewer's Blackbird | c | fc | u | |
| 333. Common Grackle | c | c | c | c |
| 334. Great-tailed Grackle | vr | |||
| 335. Brown-headed Cowbird | c | c | c | c |
| 336. Orchard Oriole | fc | fc | u | vr |
| 337. Baltimore Oriole | fc | fc | fc | |
| Family Fringillidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 338. Purple Finch | u | u | u | |
| 339. House Finch - feral | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| 340. Red Crossbill | vr | vr | ||
| 341. Common Redpoll | vr | r | ||
| 342. Pine Siskin | u | u | u | |
| 343. American Goldfinch | c | c | c | c |
| 344. Evening Grosbeak | vr | |||
| Family Passeridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 345. House Sparrow - feral | c | c | c | c |
| 346. Eurasian Tree Sparrow - feral | u | u | u | u |