Christmas Bird Count 1992~2024
Carlyle Lake, Illinois  

Mean
** less than 1
High Count  Total

Snow Goose

60948 376470 2011300

Ross's Goose

12 84 380

Greater White-fronted Goose

368 3284 12129
Cackling Goose 6 95 187

Canada Goose

1031 25000 34037
Mute Swan - feral ** 5 10

Trumpeter Swan

2 26 65
Tundra Swan ** 2 3

Wood Duck

2 46 74

Northern Shoveler

162 658 5332

Gadwall

54 502 1780

American Wigeon

14 81 462

Mallard

11583 75368 382250

American Black Duck

21 125 680

Northern Pintail

173 1960 5693

Green-winged Teal

35 401 1146

Canvasback

126 1371 4166

Redhead

4 33 121

Ring-necked Duck

136 863 4496

Greater Scaup

9 82 289

Lesser Scaup

191 2353 6315
Harlequin Duck ** 1 1

Surf Scoter

** 1 3

White-winged Scoter

** 1 1

Long-tailed Duck

1 3 18

Bufflehead

36 207 1186

Common Goldeneye

1136 8457 37497

Hooded Merganser

64 410 2119

Common Merganser

172 3050 5669

Red-breasted Merganser

28 505 938

Ruddy Duck

77 495 2533

Northern Bobwhite

12 59 383

Wild Turkey

13 122 442
Ring-necked Pheasant - feral 3 25 92

Pied-billed Grebe

7 77 218

Horned Grebe

5 74 173

Rock Pigeon - feral

68 175 2257

Eurasian Collared-Dove - feral

14 53 476

Mourning Dove

269 874 8866

American Coot

86 782 2828
Sandhill Crane ** 1 2

Killdeer

42 201 1399
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

1126 7725 37149

Laughing Gull

** 1 1

Ring-billed Gull

17261 68713 569624

California Gull

** 1 3

Herring Gull

154 884 5083

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 96 670
American White Pelican 138 859 4553

American Bittern

** 1 2

Black-crowned Night Heron

** 1 1

Great Blue Heron

67 193 2233
Black Vulture ** 6 8

Turkey Vulture

19 220 619

Northern Harrier

21 58 695

Sharp-shinned Hawk

2 7 78

Cooper's Hawk

4 9 121

Bald Eagle

26 96 869

Red-shouldered Hawk

6 31 205

Red-tailed Hawk

66 164 2187

Rough-legged Hawk

2 8 72
American Barn Owl ** 4 9

Eastern Screech-Owl

4 16 120

Great Horned Owl

6 24 191

Snowy Owl

** 1 2

Barred Owl

6 15 204

Long-eared Owl

1 8 29

Short-eared Owl

7 43 223

Northern Saw-whet Owl

** 4 14

Belted Kingfisher

3 10 105

Red-headed Woodpecker

17 46 570

Red-bellied Woodpecker

71 137 2348
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 11 91

Downy Woodpecker

52 132 1725

Hairy Woodpecker

11 26 372

Northern Flicker

35 88 1152

Pileated Woodpecker

3 9 106

American Kestrel

41 113 1368

Merlin

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

Loggerhead Shrike

2 9 60
Northern Shrike ** 1 2

Blue Jay

182 388 5020

American Crow

212 429 7011
Fish Crow ** 9 9

Carolina Chickadee

118 301 3891
Black-capped Chickadee ** 1 2

Tufted Titmouse

80 159 2639

Horned Lark

363 2767 11984

Tree Swallow

** 1 1

Barn Swallow

** 1 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

2 12 56

Golden-crowned Kinglet

26 83 846

Cedar Waxwing

91 462 3013

Red-breasted Nuthatch

3 15 84

White-breasted Nuthatch

37 72 1227

Brown Creeper

10 36 345

Carolina Wren

45 111 1483

Northern House Wren

** 1 1

Winter Wren

2 13 66
Gray Catbird ** 2 2

Brown Thrasher

1 4 25

Northern Mockingbird

5 15 180

European Starling - feral

4227 26028 139483

Eastern Bluebird

38 165 1252

Hermit Thrush

3 14 113

American Robin

205 1135 6754
House Sparrow - feral 834 3507 27535

Eurasian Tree Sparrow - feral

1 5 36

American Pipit

4 50 140

House Finch - feral

89 598 2947

Purple Finch

5 26 171
Redpoll ** 1 2

Pine Siskin

7 69 239

American Goldfinch

302 1370 9961

Lapland Longspur

429 1986 14168

Snow Bunting

** 4 8
Chipping Sparrow ** 4 8

Field Sparrow

11 33 370

Fox Sparrow

6 22 205

American Tree Sparrow

206 812 6786

Dark-eyed Junco

436 1295 14395

White-crowned Sparrow

73 347 2393

Harris's Sparrow

** 1 5

White-throated Sparrow

190 526 6274

LeConte's Sparrow

1 7 25
Savannah Sparrow 17 75 575

Song Sparrow

196 933 6471
Lincoln's Sparrow ** 1 1

Swamp Sparrow

92 835 3034

Spotted Towhee

** 2 3

Eastern Towhee

8 42 263

Eastern Meadowlark

66 237 2163
Western Meadowlark ** 6 12

Red-winged Blackbird

1379 10141 45509

Brown-headed Cowbird

380 4466 12553

Rusty Blackbird

42 469 1399

Brewer's Blackbird

15 300 486

Common Grackle

1626 20000 53663
Orange-crowned Warbler ** 3 10

Common Yellowthroat

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

Yellow-rumped Warbler

8 50 260

Northern Cardinal

321 747 10609

Indigo Bunting

** 2 5
Dickcissel ** 1 1