6 - 14 May 2000
by Nikolas Haass
LEGEND:
ad = adult
BG = Bartel´s Grassland
GP = Grant Park
imm = immature
JP = Jackson Park/Wooded Isle
LF = Lake Front Parks
LM = Lake Michigan
Loop = Dowtown Chicago in/around Loop
LP = Lincoln Park Bird Sanctuary
MH = Magic Hedge/Montrose Harbour
MP = Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
#,# = # of males, # of females
# + # = # of adults + # of immatures
OP = O´Hare Post Office Ponds
PF = Palos Forest Preserve
Chronology:
06/05: OP - MP
07/05: JP - MH - LP
08/05: JP - PF
09/05: BG - JP - Loop
10/05: JP - Loop
11/05: Loop
12/05: Loop
13/05: LF - GP - Loop - JP
14/05: Loop
BIRDS
001 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
07 & 08/05: 3 JP
10 & 13/05: 2 JP
002 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
07/05: c. 10 W Chicago
08/05: 2 JP
10/05: 9 JP
003 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
06/05: 1 MP
07/05: 3 JP
08/05: 1 + 1 JP
08/05: 1 PF
10/05: 1 imm JP
004 Green Heron Butorides virescens
07 - 10/05: 2 JP
08/05: 1 PF
005 Great Egret Egretta alba
06/05: 1 MP
08/05: 1 PF
08 & 10/05: 1 JP
006 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
07 & 08/05: 5 + 2 JP
09/05: 14 + 2 JP
10/05: c. 10 JP
12/05: 3 Chicago River
13/05: c. 15 JP
007 Canada Goose Branta canadensis
present everywhere
numerous families JP
008 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
present everywhere
07 - 13/05: c. 30 JP
009 Blue-winged Teal A. discors
07/05: 2,1 JP
08/05: 1,1 JP
09/05: 2,2 JP
10/05: 3,1 JP
13/05: 1,0 JP
010 Wood Duck Aix sponsa
07 - 13/05: c. 20 JP
011 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
07/05: 1,0 JP
012 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
08/05: 1,0 JP (LM)
10/05: 2,3 JP (LM)
013 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
06/05: 3 MP
014 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
06/05: 1,0 W-Chicago
09/05: 1 JP
015 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
07/05: 1 MP
09/05: 1 BG
016 Peregrine Falco peregrinus
13/05: 1 Loop
017 American Kestrel F. sparverius
06/05: 3 MP
08/05: 1,0 JP
10/05: 0,1 JP
13/05: 1,0 LF
018 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
06/05: 2,0 MP
019 Sora Porzana carolina
08 & 10/05: 1 JP
020 American Coot Fulica americana
07 - 13/05: c. 10 JP
021 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
06/05: 2 OP
022 Killdeer Ch. vociferus
06/05: 5 OP
06/05: 5 MP
08/05: 1 JP
08/05: 1 PF
09/05: 1 BG
023 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
06/05: 1 OP
024 Lesser Yellowlegs T. flavipes
06/05: 3 OP
025 Solitary Sandpiper T. solitaria
06/05: 1 OP
07 & 08/05: 1 JP
026 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
06/05: 1 OP
07 & 08/05: 3 JP
13/05: 1 JP
027 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
06/05: 1 OP
028 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
06/05: c. 20 OP
029 Least Sandpiper C. minutilla
06/05: 2 OP
030 White-rumped Sandpiper C. fuscicollis
06/05: 1 OP
031 Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotos
06/05: c. 20 OP
032 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
common everywhere
033 Forster´s Tern Sterna forsteri
08/05: 2 JP (LM)
034 Common Tern S. hirundo
07/05: c. 10 MH
08/05: c. 5 JP (LM)
035 Caspian Tern S. caspia
07/05: 1 JP
08/05: 8 JP (LM)
10 & 13/05: 2 JP
036 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
present everywhere
037 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
07 - 13/05: c. 5 JP
small breeding colony at JP
038 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
08/05: 1 S Chicago
039 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
08/05: 1 PF
040 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
present everywhere
041 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
10/05: 1,0 JP
042 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
06/05: 1 MP
07 - 10/05: 2 JP
08/05: c. 5 PF
043 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
08/05: 4 PF
044 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
08/05: 6 PF
045 Downy Woodpecker P. pubescens
07/05: 1 JP
08 - 10/05: 2 JP
046 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
present everywhere
09/05: c. 15 BG
047 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
07/05: 1 LP
08/05: 3 JP
08/05: 2 PF
10/05: 1 JP
048 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
06/05: 2 MP
08/05: 3 PF
049 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax trailii
08/05: 4 JP
13/05: 2 JP
050 Least Flycatcher E. minimus
07/05: c. 10 JP
08 & 09/05: 6 JP
10/05: 8 JP
13/05: 6 JP
051 Eastern Pewee Contopus virens
10/05: 1 JP
052 Olive-sided Flycatcher C. cooperi (Nutallornis borealis)
09 - 13/05: 1 JP
053 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
06/05: c. 10 MP
07/05: c. 10 JP
08/05: c. 5 JP
09 & 10/05: 2 JP
054 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
07/05: 2 JP
08/05: c. 10 JP
09/05: 2 JP
10/05: 5 JP
13/05: 2 JP
055 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopterix serripennis
07/05: c. 10 JP
08 - 09/05: c. 5 JP
10 & 13/05: c. 10 JP
056 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
common everywhere
057 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
07 - 10/05: c. 6 JP
058 Purple Martin Progne subis
10/05: 1,0 JP
059 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
06/05: 6 MP
07 - 13/05: c. 5 JP
08/05: common PF
060 American Crow
Corvus ossifragus
present everywhere
09/05: c. 40 JP
061 Black-capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus
07 & 08/05: 1 JP
08/05: c. 5 PF
09/05: 2 JP
10/05: c. 5 JP
062 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
08/05: 1 PF
063 House Wren Troglodytes aedon
07 - 13/05: 4 JP
09/05: 2 BG
064 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
07 - 10/05: 2 JP
065 Sedge Wren C. platensis
08/05: 1 JP
066 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
07 - 13/05: common JP
13/05: 5 LF
067 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
06/05: 1 MP
07/05: 3 JP
08/05: 1 JP
13/05: 1 LF
13/05: 2 JP
068 American Robin Turdus migratorius
present everywhere
09/05: 1 leucistic BG
069 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
09 & 10/05: 1 JP
070 Swainson´s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
07/05: 9 JP
08/05: 2 JP
09 & 10/05: 10 JP
13/05: 1 GP
13/05: 5 JP
071 Gray-cheeked Thrush C. minimus
07/05: c. 5 JP
08/05: 1 JP
09 & 10/05: 5 JP
13/05: 1 GP
13/05: 1 JP
072 Veery C. fuscescens
07/05: 13 JP
08/05: 1 JP
08/05: c. 5 PF
09 & 10/05: 10 JP
13/05: 1 GP
13/05: 2 JP
073 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
06/05: 4,0 MP
074 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
08/05: c. 5 PF
09/05: 1,0 JP
075 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
07/05: 1 LP
076 Ruby-crowned Kinglet R. calendula
07/05: c. 5 JP
07/05: c. 5 LP
09/05: 1 JP
10/05: 2 JP
077 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
07/05: 2 JP
08/05: 11 JP
09/05: 4 BG
09/05: 8 JP
078 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
common everywhere
079 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
08/05: 1 PF
(none was seen, record by song only)
080 Red-eyed Vireo V. olivaceus
08/05: 1 JP
08/05: 3 PF
09/05: 4 JP
10/05: 2 JP
081 Warbling Vireo V. gilvus
07/05: c. 10 JP
08/05: c. 5 JP
09/05: 2 JP
10/05: 5 JP
13/05: 1 JP
082 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
07 - 13/05: c. 6 JP
08/05: 1 PF
083 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
08/05: 1,0 imm. JP
084 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
07/05: 0,1 JP
08/05: 2,0 PF
085 Blue-winged Warbler V. pinus
08/05: 1,0 PF
086 Tennessee Warbler V. peregrina
07 - 10/05: 2 JP
08/05: 2 PF
087 Nashville Warbler V. ruficapilla
08/05: 2 JP
08/05: 1 PF
088 Northern Parula Parula americana
08/05: 1,0 JP
089 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
07/05: 8 JP
08 - 10/05: 1,0 JP
090 Magnolia Warbler D. magnolia
07/05: c. 10 JP
08/05: c. 20 JP
08/05: c. 5 PF
09 - 10/05: c. 10 JP
13/05: 1 LF
13/05: 1 GP
13/05: 5 JP
091 Cape May Warbler D. tigrina
07/05: 6 JP
08/05: c. 5 JP
09/05: 1,0 BG
09/05: 1,0 JP
10/05: 2,1 JP
092 Black-throated Blue Warbler D. caerulescens
07/05: 1,0 JP
093 Yellow-rumped („Myrtle") Warbler D. coronata
07/05: c. 30 JP
08/05: c. 20 JP
09/05: 0,1 BG
09 - 10/05: c. 10 JP
13/05: 2 JP
094 Black-throated Green Warbler D. virens
08/05: 4,0 JP
09/05: 1,0 JP
10/05: 3,0 JP
095 Blackburnian Warbler D. fusca
08/05: 6 JP
09/05: 1,2 JP
10/05: 1,1 JP
096 Chestnut-sided Warbler D. pensylvanica
07/05: 4,0 JP
07/05: 1,0 JP
08/05: 6,0 JP
09 & 10/05: 2,1 JP
13/05: 2,0 JP
097 Bay-breasted Warbler D. castanea
07/05: 3,0 JP
08/05: 4,0 JP
09/05: 2,1 JP
10/05: 2,0 JP
098 Blackpoll Warbler D. striata
07/05: 3,1 JP
08/05: c. 5 JP
10/05: 1,1 JP
099 Palm Warbler D. palmarum
06/05: 2 MP
07/05: c. 30 JP
07/05: c. 10 MH/LP
08 - 13/05: c. 20 JP
100 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus
07 & 08/05: 2 JP
09 & 10/05: c. 15 JP
13/05: 1 GP
13/05: 2 JP
101 Northern Waterthrush S. noveboracensis
07/05: 12 JP
07/05: 1 LP
08/05: c. 10 JP
09/05: c. 5 JP
10/05: 8 JP
13/05: 1 GP
13/05: 5 JP
102 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
07/05: 12,4 JP
07/05: 2,0 LP
08 - 13/05: c. 15 JP
13/05: c. 5 LF/GP
11 - 14/05 1-2 Loop
103 Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
07/05: 1,0 JP
10/05: 1,1 JP
104 Wilson´s Warbler W. pusilla
08/05: 2,0 JP
09/05: 1,0 JP
10/05: 1,0 JP
13/05: 6 JP
105 Canada Warbler W. canadensis
08 & 13/05: 2,0 JP
106 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
07 & 08/05: c. 20 JP
07/05: c. 5 LP
08/05: c. 10 PF
09 - 13/05: c. 15 JP
13/05: c. 5 LF/GP
11 - 14/05 1-2 Loop
107 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
common everywhere
108 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
08/05: 1,0 JP
09/05: 17,3 BG
109 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
09/05: c. 6 BG
110 Western Meadowlark S. neglecta
06/05: c. 30 MP
111 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
common everywhere
112 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
06/05: 1,1 MP
113 Baltimore Oriole I. galbula
06/05: c. 5 MP
07/05: 3,0 JP
08/05: 4 JP
08/05: 10 PF
09/05: 3,0 JP
10/05: 8 JP
13/05: 2,0 JP
114 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
present everywhere
115 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
06/05: c. 50 MP
08 - 13/05: c. 10 JP
116 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
07 - 10/05: 1,1 JP
117 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
07 - 13/05: c. 15 JP
07/05: c. 5 LP
08/05: common PF
13/05: 1 GP
118 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucictus ludovicianus
07/05: 2,1 JP
07/05: 0,1 LP
08/05: c. 20 JP
08/05: c. 10 PF
09/05: 0,1 BG
09/05: c. 10 JP
10/05: 5 JP
119 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
08/05: 6 JP
08/05: 2 PF
09/05: 2,0 BG
09/05: 1,0 JP
10/05: 4,1 JP
13/05: 1,1 GP
13/05: 1,0 JP
120 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
07/05: c. 5 JP
11 - 14/05: present Loop
121 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
common everywhere
122 Eastern Towhee Pipilio erythrophthalmus
06/05: 1,0 MP
07/05: 5 JP
08/05: c. 5 JP
10/05: 2,0 JP
123 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandvichensis
07/05: 3 MH
08/05: 2 JP
09/05: 1 BG
09/05: 1 JP
124 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
08/05: 1 JP
125 Henslow´s Sparrow A. henslowii
06/05: 1,0 MP
126 Le Conte´s Sparrow A. leconteii
07/05: 1 JP
127 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
07/05: 5 JP
128 Clay-colored Sparrow S. pallida
13/05: 1 JP
129 Field Sparrow S. pusilla
06/05: c. 5 MP
130 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
present everywhere
131 White-throated Sparrow Z. albicollis
present everywhere
132 Lincoln´s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
07/05: 2 JP
08/05: c. 10 JP
09/05: 1 JP
09/05: 1 GP
10/05: 5 JP
13/05: 1 GP
13/05: 5 JP
133 Swamp Sparrow M. georgiana
07/05: 10 JP
08/05: c. 5 JP
10/05: 1 JP
134 Song Sparrow M. melodia
06/05: c. 2 MP
07/05: 3 JP
08/05: 5 JP
09/05: 5 BG
09/05: 1 JP
10/05: 2 JP
MAMMALS
Thirteen-striped Ground Squirrel Citellus tridecemlineatus
06/05: 1 W Chicago
Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
08/05: 1 JP
08/05: common PF
Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
present everywhere
Muskrat Ondatra zibethica
08/05: 1 JP
08/05: 1 PF
Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
07/05: 1 MH
08/05: 2 JP
Whitetail Deer Odocoileus virginianus
08/05: 2 PF
Following species were seen by others:
American Bittern 1 JP
American Wigeon 1,0 JP
Red-br. Nuthatch 1 JP
Yellow-thr. Vireo 1 JP
Orange-cr. Warbler 2 JP
Cerulean Warbler 1 JP
Mourning Warbler 3 JP
Nelson´s Sparrow 1 LP
Lark Sparrow 1 LP
Fox Squirrel 1 PF
Dr. Nikolas K. Haass
Germany
e-mail haass@uke.uni-hamburg.de
or nhaass@yahoo.com