| CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF
CARLYLE LAKE Clinton, Bond and Fayette County, Illinois Updated - September 24, 2023 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, usually in small numbers, may be missed Rare - occurs less regularly, usually in small numbers, likely to be missed Very Rare - occurs irregularly or an out of season occurrence, likely to be missed Vagrant - storm driven or well beyond the normal range for this species * - status unresolved ** - has nested at or in the proximity of Carlyle Lake Edward F. Steinhauer Collection ISM circa 1887-1930 C. B. Vandercook nesting records circa 1922 |
| Family Anatidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 1. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - presence in Illinois steadily increasing | r | r** | r | September 23, 2023 | |
| 2. Snow Goose | c | injured | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 3. Ross's Goose | c | injured | c | c | April 8, 2023 |
| 4. Greater White-fronted Goose | c | injured | c | c | May 2, 2023 |
| 5. Brant | vagrant | October 27, 2001 | |||
| 6. Cackling Goose | u | March 26, 2023 | |||
| 7. Canada Goose | c | fc** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 8. Mute Swan - feral population increasing locally | r | r** | r | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 9. Trumpeter Swan | fc | vr | r | u | February 12, 2023 |
| 10. Tundra Swan | r | r | r | December 27, 2022 | |
| 11. Wood Duck | fc | fc** | fc | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 12. Garganey | vagrant | April 20, 2014 | |||
| 13. Blue-winged Teal | c | u** | c | vr | September 17, 2023 |
| 14. Cinnamon Teal | r | vr | October 15, 2022 | ||
| 15. Northern Shoveler | c | c | fc | September 17, 2023 | |
| 16. Gadwall | c | c | u | May 16, 2023 | |
| 17. Eurasian Wigeon | vagrant | vagrant | June 5, 2015 | ||
| 18. American Wigeon | fc | fc | u | May 3, 2023 | |
| 19. Mallard | c | fc** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 20. American Black Duck | u | u | u | January 21, 2023 | |
| 21. Mottled Duck | vagrant | vagrant | vagrant | November 5, 2022 | |
| 22. Northern Pintail | c | c | u | September 17, 2023 | |
| 23. Green-winged Teal | c | c | u | September 24, 2023 | |
| 24. Canvasback | c | c | fc | March 19, 2023 | |
| 25. Redhead | c | c | u | April 2, 2023 | |
| 26. Ring-necked Duck | c | c | u | April 3, 2023 | |
| 27. Greater Scaup | fc | fc | fc | March 18, 2023 | |
| 28. Lesser Scaup | c | c | fc | June 5, 2023 | |
| 29. King Eider | Steinhauer - unlabelled specimen | ||||
| 30. Harlequin Duck | vr | December 30, 2017 | |||
| 31. Surf Scoter | u | u | r | November 5, 2022 | |
| 32. White-winged Scoter | r | u | r | November 5, 2022 | |
| 33. Black Scoter | vr | r | vr | December 4, 2022 | |
| 34. Long-tailed Duck | r | u | r | January 14, 2023 | |
| 35. Bufflehead | fc | fc | u | April 10, 2023 | |
| 36. Common Goldeneye | fc | fc | c | April 5, 2023 | |
| 37. Barrow's Goldeneye | vr | March 28, 2015 | |||
| 38. Hooded Merganser | fc | u** | c | fc | June 12, 2023 |
| 39. Common Merganser | u | u | c | March 18, 2023 | |
| 40. Red-breasted Merganser | c | c | u | April 8, 2023 | |
| 41. Ruddy Duck | c | c | u | September 16, 2023 | |
| Family Odontophoridae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 42. Northern Bobwhite | fc - vocal | fc** - vocal | fc - silent | fc - silent | September 23, 2023 |
| Family Phasianidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 43. Wild Turkey - reintroduced | fc | fc** | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| 44. Ruffed Grouse | Steinhauer specimens 1889 | ||||
| 45. Greater Prairie-Chicken - dispersals from managed Marion County flock | dispersal | May 23, 2016 | |||
| 46. Ring-necked Pheasant - feral and controlled hunt birds | feral | feral | feral | feral | September 11, 2023 |
| Family Podicipedidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 47. Pied-billed Grebe | fc | r** | c | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 48. Horned Grebe | u | c | r | April 13, 2023 | |
| 49. Red-necked Grebe | vr | r | vr | April 8, 2023 | |
| 50. Eared Grebe | r | r | September 25, 2021 | ||
| 51. Western Grebe | vr | vagrant | r | November 28, 2020 | |
| Family Columbidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 52. Rock Pigeon - feral | fc - local | fc** - local | fc - local | fc - local | September 17, 2023 |
| 53. Eurasian Collared-Dove - feral | fc | fc** | fc | fc | September 23, 2023 |
| 54. Passenger Pigeon - extinct | Steinhauer - May 20, 1893 | ||||
| 55. White-winged Dove | vagrant | April 25, 2018 | |||
| 56. Mourning Dove | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Cuculidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 57. Yellow-billed Cuckoo | fc | fc** | fc | September 23, 2023 | |
| 58. Black-billed Cuckoo | u | r** | r | August 16, 2023 | |
| Family Caprimulgidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 59. Common Nighthawk | fc | u** - local | fc | September 23, 2023 | |
| 60. Chuck-will's-widow | vr | May 8, 2004 | |||
| 61. Eastern Whip-poor-will - formally widespread, regional populations crashing | r | r** | vr | July 3, 2023 | |
| Family Apodidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 62. Chimney Swift | c | c** | c | September 23, 2023 | |
| Family Trochilidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 63. Ruby-throated Hummingbird | c | c** | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| Family Rallidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 64. King Rail | r | May 24, 2017 | |||
| 65. Virginia Rail | u | r | September 20, 2023 | ||
| 66. Sora | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 67. Common Gallinule | vr | vr | vr | October 8, 2022 | |
| 68. American Coot | c | r | c | u | September 23, 2023 |
| 69. Purple Gallinule | vagrant | May 18, 1999 | |||
| 70. Yellow Rail | vr | April 23, 2006 | |||
| 71. Black Rail | vr | April 23, 2011 | |||
| Family Aramidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 72. Limpkin | vagrant | vagrant | August 13, 2023 | ||
| Family Gruidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 73. Sandhill Crane | r | r | r | December 29, 2021 | |
| 74. Whooping Crane - reintroduced Wisconsin flock | vr | March 15, 2020 | |||
| Family Recurvirostridae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 75. Black-necked Stilt | u | u** | u | May 7, 2023 | |
| 76. American Avocet | u | u | July 30, 2023 | ||
| Family Charadriidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 77. Black-bellied Plover | u | u | September 20, 2023 | ||
| 78. American Golden-Plover | c | u | September 17, 2023 | ||
| 79. Killdeer | c | c** | c | u | September 24, 2023 |
| 80. Semipalmated Plover | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 81. Piping Plover | r | r | September 22, 2016 | ||
| Family Scolopacidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 82. Upland Sandpiper | r | r | April 14, 2022 | ||
| 83. Whimbrel | r | r | August 2, 2019 | ||
| 84. Eskimo Curlew - extinct | Steinhauer - March 30, 1894 | ||||
| 85. Hudsonian Godwit | u | u | April 23, 2023 | ||
| 86. Marbled Godwit | u | u | April 24, 2021 | ||
| 87. Ruddy Turnstone | u | u | August 11, 2023 | ||
| 88. Red Knot | r | r | September 12, 2014 | ||
| 89. Ruff | vagrant | vagrant | May 3, 2023 | ||
| 90. Stilt Sandpiper | fc | c | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 91. Sanderling | u | u | September 23, 2023 | ||
| 92. Dunlin | fc | c | vr | May 28, 2023 | |
| 93. Baird's Sandpiper | u | u | September 23, 2023 | ||
| 94. Least Sandpiper | c | c | r | September 24, 2023 | |
| 95. White-rumped Sandpiper | fc | u | June 18, 2023 | ||
| 96. Buff-breasted Sandpiper | vr | u | September 19, 2023 | ||
| 97. Pectoral Sandpiper | c | c | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 98. Semipalmated Sandpiper | c | c | September 23, 2023 | ||
| 99. Western Sandpiper | r | u | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 100. Short-billed Dowitcher | fc | fc | August 20, 2023 | ||
| 101. Long-billed Dowitcher | u | fc | May 7, 2023 | ||
| 102. American Woodcock | u | r** | r | July 9, 2023 | |
| 103. Wilson's Snipe | fc | fc | r | September 23, 2023 | |
| 104. Spotted Sandpiper | fc | r** | c | August 26, 2023 | |
| 105. Solitary Sandpiper | fc | fc | September 4, 2023 | ||
| 106. Lesser Yellowlegs | c | c | September 23, 2023 | ||
| 107. Willet | u | u | July 30, 2023 | ||
| 108. Greater Yellowlegs | fc | fc | September 12, 2023 | ||
| 109. Wilson's Phalarope | u | u | May 7, 2023 | ||
| 110. Red-necked Phalarope | r | u | October 1, 2022 | ||
| 111. Red Phalarope | r | vr | November 14, 2021 | ||
| Family Stercorariidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 112. Pomarine Jaeger | r | July 18, 2016 | |||
| 113. Parasitic Jaeger | r | September 18, 2021 | |||
| 114. Long-tailed Jaeger | r | September 13, 2021 | |||
| Family Alcidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 115. Ancient Murrelet | vagrant | November 6, 2004 | |||
| Family Laridae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 116. Black-legged Kittiwake | r | r | November 15, 2018 | ||
| 117. Sabine's Gull | u | September 24, 2023 | |||
| 118. Bonaparte's Gull | c | c | u | September 24, 2023 | |
| 119. Little Gull | r | r | r | April 2, 2023 | |
| 120. Laughing Gull | u | u | u | r | July 5, 2023 |
| 121. Franklin's Gull | u | fc | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 122. Black-tailed Gull | vagrant | January 16, 2016 | |||
| 123. Common Gull - recent split pending IORC evaluation | vagrant | February 24, 2008 | |||
| 123. Short-billed Gull | vagrant | January 16, 2005 | |||
| 124. Ring-billed Gull | c | c | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 125. California Gull | r | r | August 20, 2023 | ||
| 126. Herring Gull | fc | fc | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| 127. Iceland Gull | r | r | u | December 27, 2022 | |
| 128. Lesser Black-backed Gull | r | r | u | u | September 24, 2023 |
| 129. Slaty-backed Gull | vagrant | December 18, 2007 | |||
| 130. Glaucous-winged Gull | vagrant | vagrant | vagrant | April 12, 2008 | |
| 131. Glaucous Gull | vr | u | February 13, 2022 | ||
| 132. Great Black-backed Gull | vr | r | February 13, 2022 | ||
| 133. Sooty Tern | vagrant | July 25, 2005 | |||
| 134. Least Tern | r | r | r | August 18, 2021 | |
| 135. Caspian Tern | c | c | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 136. Black Tern | fc | fc | September 23, 2023 | ||
| 137. Common Tern | u | fc | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 138. Arctic Tern | vagrant | September 9, 2007 | |||
| 139. Forster's Tern | c | c | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 140. Royal Tern | vagrant | August 13, 2021 | |||
| Family Gaviidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 141. Red-throated Loon | vr | u | vr | March 13, 2023 | |
| 142. Pacific Loon | r | October 31, 2020 | |||
| 143. Common Loon | u | fc | r | May 14, 2023 | |
| Family Ciconiidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 144. Wood Stork | vagrant | vagrant | September 11, 2007 | ||
| Family Fregatidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 145. Magnificent Frigatebird | vagrant | October 24, 2020 | |||
| Family Phalacrocoracidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 146. Double-crested Cormorant | c | c** | c | u | September 24, 2023 |
| 147. Neotropic Cormorant | u | u | u | September 23, 2023 | |
| Family Pelecanidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 148. American White Pelican | c | c | c | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| 149. Brown Pelican | vagrant | vagrant | October 14, 2018 | ||
| Family Ardeidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 150. American Bittern | r | r | r | r | March 28, 2023 |
| 151. Least Bittern | r | r** | r | July 14, 2019 | |
| 152. Great Blue Heron | c | c** | c | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| 153. Great Egret | fc | c | c | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 154. Snowy Egret | u | u | u | September 4, 2023 | |
| 155. Little Blue Heron | u | fc | u | September 10, 2023 | |
| 156. Tricolored Heron | vagrant | vagrant | vagrant | September 16, 2009 | |
| 157. Cattle Egret | u | u | u | August 20, 2023 | |
| 158. Green Heron | u | u** | u | September 20, 2023 | |
| 159. Black-crowned Night-Heron | r | r | r | September 21, 2021 | |
| 160. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | u | u | u | August 16, 2023 | |
| Family Threskiornithidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 161. White Ibis | vagrant | vagrant | September 13, 2015 | ||
| 162. Glossy Ibis | r | vagrant | May 5, 2018 | ||
| 163. White-faced Ibis | r | r | November 6, 2022 | ||
| ***. Plegadis Ibis | r | r | September 12, 2023 | ||
| 164. Roseate Spoonbill | vagrant | July 25, 2023 | |||
| Family Cathartidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 165. Black Vulture | u | u | u | r | September 10, 2023 |
| 166. Turkey Vulture | c | c** | c | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Pandionidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 167. Osprey | fc | fc** | fc | September 23, 2023 | |
| Family Accipitridae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 168. Golden Eagle | r | r | r | January 27, 2023 | |
| 169. Northern Harrier | fc | r | fc | c | September 23, 2023 |
| 170. Sharp-shinned Hawk | u | u | u | September 24, 2023 | |
| 171. Cooper's Hawk | fc | fc** | fc | fc | September 23, 2023 |
| 172. American Goshawk | vagrant | vagrant | vagrant | November 8, 2008 | |
| 173. Bald Eagle | fc | fc** | fc | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 174. Mississippi Kite | r | r | September 5, 2023 | ||
| 175. Red-shouldered Hawk | fc | fc** | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| 176. Broad-winged Hawk | u | u | September 4, 2023 | ||
| 177. Swainson's Hawk | vagrant | vagrant | April 22, 2019 | ||
| 178. Red-tailed Hawk | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 179. Rough-legged Hawk | r | r | u | March 19, 2023 | |
| Family Tytonidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 180. Barn Owl | r | r** | r | r | November 30, 2022 |
| Family Strigidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 181. Eastern Screech-Owl | fc | fc** | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| 182. Great Horned Owl | fc | fc** | fc | fc | September 9, 2023 |
| 183. Snowy Owl | r | r | February 14, 2022 | ||
| 184. Barred Owl | c | c** | c | c | September 23, 2023 |
| 185. Long-eared Owl | r | vr** | r | u | December 27, 2011 |
| 186. Short-eared Owl | r | r | fc | February 4, 2023 | |
| 187. Northern Saw-whet Owl | r | r | u | November 29, 2020 | |
| Family Alcedinidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 188. Belted Kingfisher | fc | fc** | fc | r | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Picidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 189. Red-headed Woodpecker | fc | fc** | c | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| 190. Red-bellied Woodpecker | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 191. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | fc | fc | u | April 8, 2023 | |
| 192. Downy Woodpecker | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 193. Hairy Woodpecker | fc | fc** | fc | fc | September 23, 2023 |
| 194. Northern Flicker | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 195. Pileated Woodpecker | u | u** | u | u | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Falconidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 196. American Kestrel | fc | fc** | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| 197. Merlin | u | u | r | September 17, 2023 | |
| 198. Peregrine Falcon | u | u | r | May 7, 2023 | |
| 199. Prairie Falcon | vagrant | January 27, 2018 | |||
| Family Psittacidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 200. Monk Parakeet - feral colony removed fall of 2004 | feral colony | feral colony | feral colony | feral colony | October 2, 2004 |
| Family Tyrannidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 201. Great Crested Flycatcher | c | c** | c | September 9, 2023 | |
| 202. Tropical Kingbird | vagrant | June 18, 2009 | |||
| 203. Western Kingbird | r | July 5, 2021 | |||
| 204. Eastern Kingbird | c | c** | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| 205. Gray Kingbird | vagrant | vagrant | November 5, 2016 | ||
| 206. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | r | r | r | May 6, 2012 | |
| 207. Olive-sided Flycatcher | u | u | September 11, 2023 | ||
| 208. Eastern Wood-Pewee | c | c** | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| 209. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | u | u | September 23, 2023 | ||
| 210. Acadian Flycatcher | fc | fc** | u | September 17, 2023 | |
| 211. Alder Flycatcher | fc | u | September 3, 2023 | ||
| 212. Willow Flycatcher | u | u** | * | July 26, 2023 | |
| 213. Least Flycatcher | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 214. Eastern Phoebe | c | fc** | c | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 215. Say's Phoebe | vagrant | vagrant | vagrant | March 17, 2013 | |
| Family Vireonidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 216. White-eyed Vireo | c | fc** | c | vr | September 23, 2023 |
| 217. Bell's Vireo | fc | u** | r | September 10, 2023 | |
| 218. Yellow-throated Vireo | fc | fc** | fc | September 23, 2023 | |
| 219. Blue-headed Vireo | fc | fc | September 23, 2023 | ||
| 220. Philadelphia Vireo | u | u | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 221. Warbling Vireo | c | c** | c | September 18, 2023 | |
| 222. Red-eyed Vireo | c | c** | c | September 23, 2023 | |
| Family Laniidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 223. Loggerhead Shrike - formally widespread, regional populations crashing | r | r** | r | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 224. Northern Shrike | vr | r | r | November 29, 2019 | |
| Family Corvidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 225. Blue Jay | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 226. American Crow | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 227. Fish Crow | c | c** | c | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 228. Common Raven | Steinhauer - January 10, 1901 | ||||
| Family Paridae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 229. Carolina Chickadee - southern Bond & southern Fayette and all of Clinton County | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 230. Black-capped Chickadee - northwestern Bond & northern Fayette County | c | c** | c | c | June 4, 2023 |
| 231. Tufted Titmouse | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Alaudidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 232. Horned Lark | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Hirundinidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 233. Bank Swallow | c | fc** - local | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| 234. Tree Swallow | c | fc** | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| 235. Northern Rough-winged Swallow | c | u** - local | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| 236. Purple Martin | c | c** | c | September 16, 2023 | |
| 237. Barn Swallow | c | c** | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| 238. Cliff Swallow | c | c** | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| 239. Cave Swallow | vagrant | November 9, 2012 | |||
| Family Regulidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 240. Ruby-crowned Kinglet | c | c | u | September 20, 2023 | |
| 241. Golden-crowned Kinglet | c | c | fc | April 8, 2023 | |
| Family Bombycillidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 242. Cedar Waxwing | c | fc** | c | u | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Sittidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 243. Red-breasted Nuthatch | u | u | u | September 20, 2023 | |
| 244. White-breasted Nuthatch | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Certhiidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 245. Brown Creeper | fc | fc | fc | April 29, 2023 | |
| Family Polioptilidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 246. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | c | c** | c | vr | September 20, 2023 |
| Family Troglodytidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 247. Rock Wren | vagrant | November 15, 1990 | |||
| 248. Bewick's Wren | vr | April 23, 2005 | |||
| 249. Carolina Wren | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 250. House Wren | c | c** | c | vr | September 24, 2023 |
| 251. Winter Wren | u | u | u | April 2, 2023 | |
| 252. Sedge Wren | u | u** - colonial | u | vr | September 3, 2023 |
| 253. Marsh Wren | u | r** - colonial | u | vr | September 23, 2023 |
| Family Mimidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 254. Gray Catbird | c | c** | c | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 255. Brown Thrasher | c | c** | fc | u | September 24, 2023 |
| 256. Northern Mockingbird | fc | fc** | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Sturnidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 257. European Starling - feral | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Turdidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 258. Eastern Bluebird | c | c** | c | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| 259. Veery | u | u | September 16, 2023 | ||
| 260. Gray-cheeked Thrush | fc | u | September 10, 2023 | ||
| 261. Swainson's Thrush | c | fc | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 262. Hermit Thrush | fc | fc | u | May 10, 2023 | |
| 263. Wood Thrush | fc | fc** | u | September 16, 2023 | |
| 264. American Robin | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Passeridae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 265. House Sparrow - feral | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 266. Eurasian Tree Sparrow - feral | u - local | u** - local | u - local | u - local | March 9, 2023 |
| Family Motacillidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 267. American Pipit | c | c | r | September 17, 2023 | |
| 268. Sprague's Pipit | vagrant | March 26, 2011 | |||
| Family Fringillidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 269. Evening Grosbeak | vr | circa 1990 | |||
| 270. House Finch - feral | fc | fc** | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| 271. Purple Finch | u | u | u | February 18, 2023 | |
| 272. Common Redpoll | vr | r | February 8, 2022 | ||
| 273. Red Crossbill | vr | vr | November 27, 2020 | ||
| 274. White-winged Crossbill | vr | March 7, 2013 | |||
| 275. Pine Siskin | u | u | u | October 16, 2022 | |
| 276. American Goldfinch | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Calcariidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 277. Lapland Longspur | fc | fc | c | March 26, 2023 | |
| 278. Smith's Longspur | r | r | April 10, 2023 | ||
| 279. Snow Bunting | r | r | October 23, 2022 | ||
| Family Passerellidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 280. Bachman's Sparrow | Vandercook circa 1922 | ||||
| 281. Grasshopper Sparrow - regional populations crashing | u | u** | r | May 14, 2023 | |
| 282. Lark Sparrow | u | r** | r | vr | May 28, 2022 |
| 283. Chipping Sparrow | c | c** | c | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 284. Clay-colored Sparrow | r | r | May 9, 2019 | ||
| 285. Field Sparrow | c | c** | fc | u | September 24, 2023 |
| 286. Fox Sparrow | fc | fc | u | April 2, 2023 | |
| 287. American Tree Sparrow | u | u | c | April 1, 2023 | |
| 288. Dark-eyed Junco | c | c | c | April 10, 2023 | |
| 289. White-crowned Sparrow | c | c | c | May 14, 2023 | |
| 290. Harris's Sparrow | r | r | r | May 8, 2021 | |
| 291. White-throated Sparrow | c | c | c | May 8, 2023 | |
| 292. Vesper Sparrow | u | r** | u | vr | April 6, 2023 |
| 293. LeConte's Sparrow | r | u | r | January 28, 2023 | |
| 294. Nelson's Sparrow | u | September 23, 2023 | |||
| 295. Henslow's Sparrow - prairie specialist - local populations have crashed | vr | vr** | vr | July 15, 2022 | |
| 296. Savannah Sparrow | c | c | fc | September 24, 2023 | |
| 297. Song Sparrow | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 298. Lincoln's Sparrow | u | u | vr | May 13, 2023 | |
| 299. Swamp Sparrow | c | c | c | May 8, 2023 | |
| 300. Spotted Towhee | r | r | r | October 23, 2022 | |
| 301. Eastern Towhee | c | c** | c | u | September 24, 2023 |
| Family Icteriidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 302. Yellow-breasted Chat | fc | fc** | u | July 21, 2023 | |
| Family Icteridae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 303. Yellow-headed Blackbird | r | r | r | March 10, 2018 | |
| 304. Bobolink | fc | r | u | September 17, 2023 | |
| 305. Eastern Meadowlark | c | c** | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 |
| 306. Western Meadowlark | u | r | u | u | April 1, 2023 |
| 307. Orchard Oriole | fc | fc** | u | vr | September 15, 2023 |
| 308. Bullock's Oriole | Steinhauer - unlabeled specimen | ||||
| 309. Baltimore Oriole | fc | fc** | fc | vr | September 16, 2023 |
| 310. Red-winged Blackbird | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 311. Brown-headed Cowbird | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 312. Rusty Blackbird | fc | fc | u | April 29, 2023 | |
| 313. Brewer's Blackbird | c | fc | u | April 23, 2023 | |
| 314. Common Grackle | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 315. Great-tailed Grackle | vagrant | vagrant | March 14, 2023 | ||
| Family Parulidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 316. Ovenbird | fc | fc | September 23, 2023 | ||
| 317. Worm-eating Warbler | r | vr | vr | July 21, 2023 | |
| 318. Louisiana Waterthrush | u | u** | July 2, 2023 | ||
| 319. Northern Waterthrush | fc | u | September 17, 2023 | ||
| 320. Golden-winged Warbler | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 321. Blue-winged Warbler | u | u | September 16, 2023 | ||
| 322. Black-and-white Warbler | fc | r** | fc | September 24, 2023 | |
| 323. Prothonotary Warbler | fc | fc** | u | September 3, 2023 | |
| 324. Tennessee Warbler | c | c | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 325. Orange-crowned Warbler | u | fc | u | September 18, 2023 | |
| 326. Nashville Warbler | fc | fc | vr | September 24, 2023 | |
| 327. Connecticut Warbler | r | vr | September 12, 2023 | ||
| 328. Mourning Warbler | u | u | September 23, 2023 | ||
| 329. Kentucky Warbler | fc | u** | u | July 9, 2023 | |
| 330. Common Yellowthroat | c | c** | c | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 331. Hooded Warbler | r | vr | July 3, 2023 | ||
| 332. American Redstart | c | c** | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| 333. Cape May Warbler | u | u | September 18, 2023 | ||
| 334. Cerulean Warbler | r | r** | vr | May 15, 2021 | |
| 335. Northern Parula | fc | fc** | fc | September 24, 2023 | |
| 336. Magnolia Warbler | fc | c | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 337. Bay-breasted Warbler | u | fc | September 23, 2023 | ||
| 338. Blackburnian Warbler | u | fc | September 20, 2023 | ||
| 339. Yellow Warbler | c | c** | u | September 16, 2023 | |
| 340. Chestnut-sided Warbler | fc | c | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 341. Blackpoll Warbler | c | r | May 20, 2023 | ||
| 342. Black-throated Blue Warbler | vr | r | September 17, 2023 | ||
| 343. Palm Warbler | fc | fc | vr | September 24, 2023 | |
| 344. Pine Warbler | fc | u** | u | r | September 16, 2023 |
| 345. Yellow-rumped Warbler | c | c | u | September 24, 2023 | |
| 346. Yellow-throated Warbler | fc | fc** | u | September 20, 2023 | |
| 347. Prairie Warbler | r | r** | vr | May 6, 2023 | |
| 348. Black-throated Green Warbler | fc | c | September 24, 2023 | ||
| 349. Canada Warbler | u | u | September 20, 2023 | ||
| 350. Wilson's Warbler | fc | fc | September 24, 2023 | ||
| Family Cardinalidae | spring | nesting** | fall | winter | most recent |
| 351. Summer Tanager | fc | fc** | fc | September 23, 2023 | |
| 352. Scarlet Tanager | fc | fc** | fc | September 17, 2023 | |
| 353. Western Tanager | vagrant | October 22, 2006 | |||
| 354. Northern Cardinal | c | c** | c | c | September 24, 2023 |
| 355. Rose-breasted Grosbeak | c | fc** | c | September 24, 2023 | |
| 356. Blue Grosbeak | c | c** | c | September 16, 2023 | |
| 357. Indigo Bunting | c | c** | c | r | September 24, 2023 |
| 358. Dickcissel | c | c** | u | vr | September 17, 2023 |