Spring Bird Count 1972~2024
Clinton County, Illinois

 Mean
 ** less than 1

 High Count

Sum
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ** 4 5

Snow Goose - injured

2

12

101
Ross's Goose - injured ** 1 1
Greater White-fronted Goose - injured ** 1 2

Canada Goose

48

231

2480
Mute Swan - feral ** 2 5

Wood Duck

15

41

767

Blue-winged Teal

57

708

2963

Northern Shoveler

24

201

1249

Gadwall

5

102

254

American Wigeon

**

6

25

Mallard

35

73

1838

American Black Duck

**

1

1

Northern Pintail

**

1

4

Green-winged Teal

1

8

37

Canvasback

**

1

2

Redhead

**

2

11

Ring-necked Duck

**

4

11
Greater Scaup ** 2 3

Lesser Scaup

3

40

135

Bufflehead

**

2

8
Common Goldeneye ** 1 1

Hooded Merganser

2

13

109

Red-breasted Merganser

**

5

19

Ruddy Duck

2

16

92

Northern Bobwhite

8

27

416

Wild Turkey

5

22

250

Ring-necked Pheasant - feral

1

5

31

Pied-billed Grebe

 2

 12

93
Horned Grebe ** 2 2
Eared Grebe ** 1 1
Western Grebe ** 1 2

Rock Pigeon - feral

21

90

1105
Eurasian Collared-Dove - feral 2 13 128

Mourning Dove

62

166

3212
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6 50 307

Black-billed Cuckoo

**

3

18

Common Nighthawk

6

50

330

Eastern Whip-poor-will

1

11

74

Chimney Swift

72

252

3721

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

8

26

391
King Rail ** 1 2

Virginia Rail

**

7

20

Sora

3

24

164

Common Gallinule

**

1

2

American Coot

33

263

1696
Black-necked Stilt 1 8 34
American Avocet ** 1 2

Black-bellied Plover

**

7

25

American Golden-Plover

12

300

614

Killdeer

39

121

2009

Semipalmated Plover

9

86

467
Piping Plover ** 2 2
Hudsonian Godwit ** 1 2

Marbled Godwit

**

2

3

Ruddy Turnstone

**

3

5
Ruff ** 1 1

Stilt Sandpiper

1

22

53
Sanderling ** 3 9

Dunlin

15

307

804

Baird's Sandpiper

**

2

2

Least Sandpiper

65

669

3401

White-rumped Sandpiper

3

44

139

Pectoral Sandpiper

43

350

2193

Semipalmated Sandpiper

4

40

194

Western Sandpiper

**

1

2

Short-billed Dowitcher

4

80

198

Long-billed Dowitcher

4

149

212

American Woodcock

1

10

77

Wilson's Snipe

1

7

33
Spotted Sandpiper 14 76 729
Solitary Sandpiper 10 48 511

Lesser Yellowlegs

52

469

2686

Willet

2

40

96
Greater Yellowlegs 13 78 671

Wilson's Phalarope

1

9

47

Bonaparte's Gull

29

345

1510

Laughing Gull

**

4

8

Franklin's Gull

1

8

38

Ring-billed Gull

194

811

10069

Herring Gull

1

7

39
Lesser Black-backed Gull ** 2 4
Least Tern ** 3 3

Caspian Tern

19

82

488

Black Tern

3

32

143

Common Tern

7

75

375

Forster's Tern

27

164

1407

Common Loon

**

3

10

Double-crested Cormorant

810

8000

42141
Neotropic Cormorant ** 4 5

American White Pelican

52

760

2703

Least Bittern

**

1

3

American Bittern

**

2

7

Little Blue Heron

1

14

35

Snowy Egret

**

4

13

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

**

3

7

Black-crowned Night Heron

**

6

16

Green Heron

4

32

221

Great Egret

12

72

600

Western Cattle-Egret

4

47

191

Great Blue Heron

46

180

2383
Glossy Ibis ** 1 1
Plegadis sp.  ** 1 2
Black Vulture ** 3 7

Turkey Vulture

44

210

2308

Osprey

4

40

187

Northern Harrier

**

3

20

Sharp-shinned Hawk

**

2

18

Cooper's Hawk

1

5

44
Bald Eagle 4 24 194
Mississippi Kite ** 1 3

Red-shouldered Hawk

3

15

168

Broad-winged Hawk

**

7

17

Red-tailed Hawk

8

25

403
American Barn Owl ** 2 8

Eastern Screech-Owl

1

7

72

Great Horned Owl

2

21

129

Barred Owl

7

25

363

Belted Kingfisher

2

10

97

Red-headed Woodpecker

13

46

678

Red-bellied Woodpecker

24

82

1223

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

**

1

2

Downy Woodpecker

12

35

635

Hairy Woodpecker

4

15

215

Northern Flicker

7

15

369

Pileated Woodpecker

3

10

165

American Kestrel

4

14

223

Peregrine Falcon

**

3

9
Monk Parakeet - feral ** 6 7

Great Crested Flycatcher

17

64

882

Eastern Kingbird

36

176

1855

Olive-sided Flycatcher

**

1

3

Eastern Wood-Pewee

15

54

783

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

**

2

2

Acadian Flycatcher

5

27

262
Alder Flycatcher ** 2 3

Willow Flycatcher

**

3

18

Least Flycatcher

5

27

255

Eastern Phoebe

10

31

516

White-eyed Vireo

13

45

697

Bell's Vireo

2

9

101

Yellow-throated Vireo

7

30

354

Blue-headed Vireo

1

6

47

Philadelphia Vireo

1

5

36

Warbling Vireo

22

72

1167

Red-eyed Vireo

18

56

913

Loggerhead Shrike

3

18

156

Blue Jay

46

152

2385

American Crow

38

132

1980

Fish Crow

5

37

266

Carolina Chickadee

21

62

1111

Tufted Titmouse

37

114

1901

Horned Lark

45

210

2341

Bank Swallow

28

528

1478

Tree Swallow

138

2000

7177

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

25

300

1274

Purple Martin

56

242

2934

Barn Swallow

110

341

5713

Cliff Swallow

117

782

6058

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

3

10

144

Cedar Waxwing

15

56

796

Red-breasted Nuthatch

**

3

11

White-breasted Nuthatch

10

32

504
Brown Creeper ** 1 1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

37

101

1964

Bewick's Wren

**

1

1

Carolina Wren

17

68

901

Northern House Wren

18

64

917

Winter Wren

**

1

2

Sedge Wren

1

15

33

Marsh Wren

1

7

28

Gray Catbird

32

95

1652

Brown Thrasher

21

71

1071

Northern Mockingbird

8

38

435

European Starling - feral

147

451

7657

Eastern Bluebird

13

56

672

Veery

2

14

100

Gray-cheeked Thrush

5

20

276

Swainson's Thrush

20

95

1062

Hermit Thrush

**

3

6

Wood Thrush

15

61

771

American Robin

159

508

8270
House Sparrow - feral 182 454 9457

Eurasian Tree Sparrow - feral

 ** 6 15

American Pipit

8

123

425

House Finch - feral

7

27

357

Purple Finch

**

5

6

Pine Siskin

**

17

19

American Goldfinch

65

197

3395

Grasshopper Sparrow

4

20

219

Lark Sparrow

**

2

8

Chipping Sparrow

23

92

1172

Clay-colored Sparrow

**

2

9

Field Sparrow

28

87

1434

Dark-eyed Junco

**

1

2

White-crowned Sparrow

13

63

694

Harris's Sparrow

**

1

2

White-throated Sparrow

23

318

1175

Vesper Sparrow

**

6

14
Henslow's Sparrow ** 4 21

Savannah Sparrow

9

46

467

Song Sparrow

33

89

1721

Lincoln's Sparrow

2

10

78

Swamp Sparrow

3

24

158

Eastern Towhee

25

69

1305

Yellow-breasted Chat

6

21

328

Bobolink

27

141

1383

Eastern Meadowlark

48

131

2521

Western Meadowlark

**

1

3

Orchard Oriole

7

32

346

Baltimore Oriole

25

78

1276

Red-winged Blackbird

420

894

21841

Brown-headed Cowbird

76

533

3977

Rusty Blackbird

**

3

3

Common Grackle

238

806

12400

Ovenbird

6

41

298

Worm-eating Warbler

**

3

14

Louisiana Waterthrush

1

3

27

Northern Waterthrush

10

48

514

Golden-winged Warbler

3

25

150

Blue-winged Warbler

1

17

70

Black-and-white Warbler

5

24

245

Prothonotary Warbler

6

18

332

Tennessee Warbler

50

160

2625

Orange-crowned Warbler

**

3

17

Nashville Warbler

12

61

603

Mourning Warbler

**

1

6

Kentucky Warbler

4

15

196

Common Yellowthroat

36

101

1884

Hooded Warbler

**

2

9

American Redstart

18

63

942

Cape May Warbler

2

14

91

Cerulean Warbler

1

5

35

Northern Parula

10

27

506

Magnolia Warbler

5

29

251

Bay-breasted Warbler

2

11

78

Blackburnian Warbler

2

13

98

Yellow Warbler

24

69

1254

Chestnut-sided Warbler

5

18

242

Blackpoll Warbler

13

45

663

Palm Warbler

27

207

1515

Pine Warbler

1

5

44

Yellow-rumped Warbler

62

615

3217

Yellow-throated Warbler

2

9

112

Prairie Warbler

**

4

22

Black-throated Green Warbler

7

30

385

Canada Warbler

**

3

8

Wilson's Warbler

1

7

41

Summer Tanager

6

29

336

Scarlet Tanager

6

18

329

Northern Cardinal

97

194

5018

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

20

98

1065

Blue Grosbeak

3

18

157

Indigo Bunting

105

269

5476

Dickcissel

59

268

3045