Watch a Bird

More than 117 species of birds have been identified at The Preserve.  Ponds on the property provide a home for a diverse community of wetland-dependent birds including Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, and Green Heron. Red-headed Woodpeckers, a species of concern in Illinois, make homes in the woodlands around the property. Ground-nesting birds such as the American Woodcock and Killdeer have taken up residence near former sand traps!  

Bird Species at The Preserve 

  •  Canada Goose 
  • Mute Swan 
  • Tundra Swan 
  • Wood Duck 
  • Blue-winged Teal 
  • Mallard 
  • Pied-billed Grebe 
  • Double-crested Cormorant 
  • Great Blue Heron 
  • Great Egret 
  • Green Heron 
  • Turkey Vulture 
  • Northern Harrier 
  • Cooper’s Hawk 
  • Broad-winged Hawk 
  • Red-tailed Hawk 
  • American Coot 
  • Sandhill Crane 
  • Killdeer 
  • American Woodcock 
  • Ring-billed Gull 
  • Herring Gull 
  • Rock Pigeon 
  • Mourning Dove 
  • Black-billed Cuckoo 
  • Eastern Screech-Owl 
  • Great Horned Owl 
  • Northern Saw-whet Owl 
  • Common Nighthawk 
  • Chimney Swift 
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
  • Belted Kingfisher 
  • Red-headed Woodpecker 
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker 
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
  • Downy Woodpecker 
  • Hairy Woodpecker 
  • Northern Flicker 
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher 
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee 
  • Acadian Flycatcher 
  • Least Flycatcher 
  • Eastern Phoebe 
  • Great Crested Flycatcher 
  • Eastern Kingbird 
  • Yellow-throated Vireo 
  • Philadelphia Vireo 
  • Warbling Vireo 
  • Red-eyed Vireo 
  • Blue Jay 
  • American Crow 
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow 
  • Tree Swallow 
  • Barn Swallow 
  • Black-capped Chickadee 
  • White-breasted Nuthatch 
  • Brown Creeper 
  • House Wren 
  • Winter Wren 
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet 
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
  • Eastern Bluebird 
  • Veery 
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush 
  • Swainson’s Thrush 
  • Hermit Thrush 
  • Wood Thrush 
  • American Robin 
  • Gray Catbird 
  • Brown Thrasher 
  • European Starling 
  • Cedar Waxwing 
  • Ovenbird 
  • Northern Waterthrush 
  • Golden-winged Warbler 
  • Blue-winged Warbler 
  • Black-and-white Warbler 
  • Orange-crowned Warbler 
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat  
  • American Redstart 
  • Northern Parula 
  • Magnolia Warbler 
  • Yellow Warbler 
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler 
  • Blackpoll Warbler 
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler 
  • Palm Warbler 
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler 
  • Black-throated Green Warbler 
  • Canada Warbler 
  • Wilson’s Warbler 
  • American Tree Sparrow 
  • Chipping Sparrow 
  • Field Sparrow 
  • Fox Sparrow 
  • Dark-eyed Junco 
  • White-crowned Sparrow 
  • White-throated Sparrow 
  • Savannah Sparrow 
  • Song Sparrow 
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow 
  • Swamp Sparrow 
  • Scarlet Tanager 
  • Northern Cardinal 
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
  • Indigo Bunting 
  • Orchard Oriole 
  • Baltimore Oriole 
  • Red-winged Blackbird 
  • Brown-headed Cowbird 
  • Rusty Blackbird 
  • Common Grackle 
  • House Finch 
  • American Goldfinch 
  • House Sparrow