Spring Bird Count 1972~2023
Clinton County, Illinois

 Mean
 ** less than 1

 High Count

Sum
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ** 1 1

Snow Goose - injured

2

12

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

Canada Goose

44

218

2249
Mute Swan - feral ** 2 5

Wood Duck

14

41

734

Blue-winged Teal

54

708

2773

Northern Shoveler

24

201

1222

Gadwall

5

102

252

American Wigeon

**

6

25

Mallard

35

73

1807

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

10
Greater Scaup ** 2 3

Lesser Scaup

3

40

134

Bufflehead

**

2

8
Common Goldeneye ** 1 1

Hooded Merganser

2

13

108

Red-breasted Merganser

**

5

18

Ruddy Duck

2

16

90

Northern Bobwhite

8

27

416

Wild Turkey

4

21

228

Ring-necked Pheasant - feral

1

5

31

Pied-billed Grebe

 2

 12

92
Horned Grebe ** 2 2
Eared Grebe ** 1 1
Western Grebe ** 1 2

Rock Pigeon - feral

21

90

1058
Eurasian Collared-Dove - feral 2 13 126

Mourning Dove

61

166

3118
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6 50 298

Black-billed Cuckoo

**

3

17

Common Nighthawk

6

50

328

Eastern Whip-poor-will

1

11

74

Chimney Swift

72

252

3687

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

8

26

384
King Rail ** 1 2

Virginia Rail

**

7

20

Sora

3

24

152

Common Gallinule

**

1

1

American Coot

33

263

1686
Black-necked Stilt 1 8 34
American Avocet ** 1 2

Black-bellied Plover

**

7

25

American Golden-Plover

6

80

314

Killdeer

39

121

1983

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

16

307

804

Baird's Sandpiper

**

2

2

Least Sandpiper

67

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

194

Long-billed Dowitcher

4

149

212

American Woodcock

2

10

77

Wilson's Snipe

1

7

33
Spotted Sandpiper 14 76 708
Solitary Sandpiper 10 48 501

Lesser Yellowlegs

52

469

2669

Willet

2

40

96
Greater Yellowlegs 13 78 669

Wilson's Phalarope

1

9

47

Bonaparte's Gull

29

345

1477

Laughing Gull

**

4

8

Franklin's Gull

1

8

37

Ring-billed Gull

187

811

9537

Herring Gull

1

7

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

Caspian Tern

10

82

486

Black Tern

3

32

143

Common Tern

7

75

375

Forster's Tern

27

164

1383

Common Loon

**

3

10

Double-crested Cormorant

780

8000

39801
Neotropic Cormorant ** 4 5

American White Pelican

45

760

2675

American Bittern

**

2

7

Least Bittern

**

1

3

Great Blue Heron

45

180

2299

Great Egret

12

72

589

Snowy Egret

**

4

13

Little Blue Heron

1

14

35

Cattle Egret

4

47

191

Green Heron

4

32

220

Black-crowned Night-Heron

**

6

16

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

**

3

7
Glossy Ibis ** 1 1
Plegadis sp.  ** 1 2
Black Vulture ** 3 5

Turkey Vulture

41

210

2102

Osprey

3

40

155

Northern Harrier

**

3

20

Sharp-shinned Hawk

**

2

18

Cooper's Hawk

1

5

42
Bald Eagle 3 24 177
Mississippi Kite ** 1 3

Red-shouldered Hawk

3

15

153

Broad-winged Hawk

**

7

16

Red-tailed Hawk

8

25

390
Barn Owl ** 2 8

Eastern Screech-Owl

1

7

72

Great Horned Owl

3

21

128

Barred Owl

7

25

352

Belted Kingfisher

2

10

96

Red-headed Woodpecker

13

46

652

Red-bellied Woodpecker

23

82

1169

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

**

1

2

Downy Woodpecker

12

35

612

Hairy Woodpecker

4

15

207

Northern Flicker

7

15

354

Pileated Woodpecker

3

10

161

American Kestrel

4

14

214

Peregrine Falcon

**

3

9
Monk Parakeet - feral ** 6 7

Great Crested Flycatcher

16

64

837

Eastern Kingbird

35

176

1796

Olive-sided Flycatcher

**

1

3

Eastern Wood-Pewee

15

54

741

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

**

2

2

Acadian Flycatcher

5

27

254
Alder Flycatcher ** 2 3

Willow Flycatcher

**

3

18

Least Flycatcher

5

27

250

Eastern Phoebe

10

31

491

White-eyed Vireo

13

45

674

Bell's Vireo

2

9

97

Yellow-throated Vireo

7

30

339

Blue-headed Vireo

1

6

47

Philadelphia Vireo

1

5

36

Warbling Vireo

22

72

1104

Red-eyed Vireo

17

56

874

Loggerhead Shrike

3

18

156

Blue Jay

46

152

2352

American Crow

38

132

1938

Fish Crow

5

37

232

Carolina Chickadee

21

62

1082

Tufted Titmouse

36

114

1828

Horned Lark

45

210

2317

Bank Swallow

29

528

1478

Tree Swallow

140

2000

7130

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

25

300

1259

Purple Martin

55

242

2782

Barn Swallow

110

341

5629

Cliff Swallow

117

782

5984

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

3

10

143

Cedar Waxwing

15

56

784

Red-breasted Nuthatch

**

3

11

White-breasted Nuthatch

10

32

494
Brown Creeper ** 1 1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

37

101

1893

Bewick's Wren

**

1

1

Carolina Wren

17

68

862

House Wren

17

64

864

Winter Wren

**

1

2

Sedge Wren

1

15

33

Marsh Wren

1

7

28

Gray Catbird

31

95

1600

Brown Thrasher

21

71

1056

Northern Mockingbird

8

38

424

European Starling - feral

148

451

7567

Eastern Bluebird

13

56

648

Veery

2

14

98

Gray-cheeked Thrush

5

20

270

Swainson's Thrush

20

95

1035

Hermit Thrush

**

3

6

Wood Thrush

15

61

753

American Robin

160

508

8148
House Sparrow - feral 184 454 9390

Eurasian Tree Sparrow - feral

 ** 6 13

American Pipit

8

123

425

House Finch - feral

7

27

352

Purple Finch

**

5

6

Pine Siskin

**

17

19

American Goldfinch

65

197

3318

Grasshopper Sparrow

4

20

217

Lark Sparrow

**

2

8

Chipping Sparrow

22

92

1145

Clay-colored Sparrow

**

2

8

Field Sparrow

28

87

1404

Dark-eyed Junco

**

1

2

White-crowned Sparrow

13

63

683

Harris's Sparrow

**

1

2

White-throated Sparrow

23

318

1155

Vesper Sparrow

**

6

14
Henslow's Sparrow ** 4 21

Savannah Sparrow

9

46

459

Song Sparrow

32

89

1650

Lincoln's Sparrow

2

10

77

Swamp Sparrow

3

24

155

Eastern Towhee

25

69

1268

Yellow-breasted Chat

6

21

311

Bobolink

27

141

1370

Eastern Meadowlark

48

131

2472

Western Meadowlark

**

1

3

Orchard Oriole

6

32

329

Baltimore Oriole

24

78

1213

Red-winged Blackbird

421

894

21468

Brown-headed Cowbird

76

533

3870

Rusty Blackbird

**

3

3

Common Grackle

241

806

12313

Ovenbird

6

41

295

Worm-eating Warbler

**

3

14

Louisiana Waterthrush

1

3

27

Northern Waterthrush

9

48

476

Golden-winged Warbler

3

25

148

Blue-winged Warbler

1

17

69

Black-and-white Warbler

5

24

231

Prothonotary Warbler

6

18

320

Tennessee Warbler

50

160

2555

Orange-crowned Warbler

**

3

17

Nashville Warbler

12

61

594

Mourning Warbler

**

1

6

Kentucky Warbler

4

15

191

Common Yellowthroat

36

101

1814

Hooded Warbler

**

2

8

American Redstart

18

63

909

Cape May Warbler

2

14

89

Cerulean Warbler

1

5

35

Northern Parula

9

27

482

Magnolia Warbler

5

29

241

Bay-breasted Warbler

2

11

78

Blackburnian Warbler

2

13

95

Yellow Warbler

23

69

1197

Chestnut-sided Warbler

4

18

227

Blackpoll Warbler

12

45

624

Palm Warbler

27

207

1379

Pine Warbler

1

5

40

Yellow-rumped Warbler

62

615

3183

Yellow-throated Warbler

2

9

102

Prairie Warbler

**

4

22

Black-throated Green Warbler

7

30

380

Canada Warbler

**

3

8

Wilson's Warbler

1

7

40

Summer Tanager

6

29

322

Scarlet Tanager

6

18

315

Northern Cardinal

95

176

4824

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

21

98

1046

Blue Grosbeak

3

18

140

Indigo Bunting

104

269

5311

Dickcissel

59

268

2993