Christmas Bird Count 1992~2023
Carlyle Lake, Illinois  

Mean
** less than 1
High Count  Sum

Snow Goose

56749 376470 1825561

Ross's Goose

11 84 363

Greater White-fronted Goose

367 3284 11739
Cackling Goose 6 95 187

Canada Goose

1062 25000 33973
Mute Swan - feral ** 5 10

Trumpeter Swan

2 26 65
Tundra Swan ** 1 1

Wood Duck

2 46 74

Northern Shoveler

157 658 5032

Gadwall

40 272 1278

American Wigeon

14 81 457

Mallard

11629 75368 372114

American Black Duck

21 125 678

Northern Pintail

169 1960 5401

Green-winged Teal

36 401 1146

Canvasback

130 1371 4155

Redhead

4 33 117

Ring-necked Duck

141 863 4496

Greater Scaup

8 82 241

Lesser Scaup

197 2353 6309
Harlequin Duck ** 1 1

Surf Scoter

** 1 3

White-winged Scoter

** 1 1

Long-tailed Duck

** 3 15

Bufflehead

36 207 1136

Common Goldeneye

1169 8457 37421

Hooded Merganser

66 410 2105

Common Merganser

177 3050 5669

Red-breasted Merganser

29 505 938

Ruddy Duck

79 495 2532

Northern Bobwhite

12 59 383

Wild Turkey

13 122 424
Ring-necked Pheasant - feral 3 25 92

Pied-billed Grebe

7 77 218

Horned Grebe

5 74 173

Rock Pigeon - feral

70 175 2231

Eurasian Collared-Dove - feral

15 53 468

Mourning Dove

271 874 8676

American Coot

88 782 2828
Sandhill Crane ** 1 2

Killdeer

43 201 1386
Dunlin ** 1 1

Least Sandpiper

1 27 43
Long-billed Dowitcher ** 1 1

Wilson's Snipe

3 29 88
Red Phalarope ** 1 1
Black-legged Kittiwake ** 1 1

Bonaparte's Gull

1161 7725 37146

Laughing Gull

** 1 1

Ring-billed Gull

17312 68713 553974

California Gull

** 1 2

Herring Gull

158 884 5041

Iceland Gull

** 4 15

Lesser Black-backed Gull

1 5 31
Slaty-backed Gull ** 1 1
Glaucous-winged Gull ** 1 1
Glaucous Gull ** 1 3

Red-throated Loon

** 1 1

Common Loon

1 11 44

Double-crested Cormorant

20 96 647
American White Pelican 132 859 4223

American Bittern

** 1 2

Black-crowned Night Heron

** 1 1

Great Blue Heron

69 193 2193
Black Vulture ** 2 2

Turkey Vulture

18 220 560

Northern Harrier

21 58 679

Sharp-shinned Hawk

2 7 78

Cooper's Hawk

4 9 117

Bald Eagle

25 96 792

Red-shouldered Hawk

6 31 191

Red-tailed Hawk

67 164 2134

Rough-legged Hawk

2 8 71
American Barn Owl ** 4 9

Eastern Screech-Owl

4 16 120

Great Horned Owl

6 24 191

Snowy Owl

** 1 2

Barred Owl

6 15 203

Long-eared Owl

1 8 29

Short-eared Owl

7 43 220

Northern Saw-whet Owl

** 4 14

Belted Kingfisher

3 10 100

Red-headed Woodpecker

17 46 552

Red-bellied Woodpecker

71 137 2282
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 11 90

Downy Woodpecker

53 132 1706

Hairy Woodpecker

11 26 367

Northern Flicker

35 88 1113

Pileated Woodpecker

3 9 102

American Kestrel

42 113 1332

Merlin

** 1 6
Monk Parakeet - feral ** 6 12
Eastern Phoebe ** 1 5

Loggerhead Shrike

2 9 60
Northern Shrike ** 1 2

Blue Jay

185 388 5925

American Crow

217 429 6940
Fish Crow ** 9 9

Carolina Chickadee

120 301 3847
Black-capped Chickadee ** 1 2

Tufted Titmouse

81 159 2602

Horned Lark

373 2767 11947

Tree Swallow

** 1 1

Barn Swallow

** 1 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

2 12 54

Golden-crowned Kinglet

26 83 831

Cedar Waxwing

94 462 3013

Red-breasted Nuthatch

3 15 84

White-breasted Nuthatch

37 72 1193

Brown Creeper

11 36 336

Carolina Wren

46 111 1465

Northern House Wren

** 1 1

Winter Wren

2 13 64
Gray Catbird ** 2 2

Brown Thrasher

1 4 25

Northern Mockingbird

6 15 176

European Starling - feral

4251 26028 136016

Eastern Bluebird

38 165 1231

Hermit Thrush

4 14 113

American Robin

209 1135 6696
House Sparrow - feral 848 3507 27123

Eurasian Tree Sparrow - feral

1 5 34

American Pipit

3 41 90

House Finch - feral

92 598 2941

Purple Finch

5 26 164
Redpoll ** 1 2

Pine Siskin

7 69 239

American Goldfinch

310 1370 9912

Lapland Longspur

416 1986 13305

Snow Bunting

** 4 8
Chipping Sparrow ** 4 8

Field Sparrow

12 33 369

Fox Sparrow

6 22 202

American Tree Sparrow

211 812 6739

Dark-eyed Junco

439 1295 14032

White-crowned Sparrow

74 347 2373

Harris's Sparrow

** 1 5

White-throated Sparrow

193 526 6179

LeConte's Sparrow

1 7 25
Savannah Sparrow 18 75 568

Song Sparrow

201 933 6434
Lincoln's Sparrow ** 1 1

Swamp Sparrow

95 835 3024

Spotted Towhee

** 2 3

Eastern Towhee

8 42 261

Eastern Meadowlark

67 237 2157
Western Meadowlark ** 6 12

Red-winged Blackbird

1420 10141 45442

Brown-headed Cowbird

392 4466 12528

Rusty Blackbird

44 469 1397

Brewer's Blackbird

15 300 482

Common Grackle

1677 20000 53663
Orange-crowned Warbler ** 3 10

Common Yellowthroat

** 1 2
Palm Warbler ** 1 1
Pine Warbler ** 2 7

Yellow-rumped Warbler

8 50 259

Northern Cardinal

327 747 10463

Indigo Bunting

** 2 5
Dickcissel ** 1 1