Snow Bunting NEW WORLD SPARROWS 1

LONGSPURS and SNOW BUNTING 1 ______American Redstart Explanation of the Number Codes Checklist of the Birds of McLean County, IL 1 ______Lapland Longspur 2 ______Cape May Warbler 314 species conclusively recorded 2 ______Smith’s Longspur 4 ______Cerulean Warbler E 1 – Common – should not be missed if looked last updated August 2018 3 ______Snow Bunting 2 ______Northern Parula for in appropriate seasons and habitat.

NEW WORLD SPARROWS 1 ______Magnolia Warbler 2 – Uncommon – present in appropriate DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 1 ______Eastern Towhee 2 ______Bay-breasted Warbler habitat during the right season, but not 2 ______Snow Goose 1 ______American Tree Sparrow 2 ______Blackburnian Warbler expected on every outing 3 ______Ross’s Goose 1 ______Chipping Sparrow 1 ______Yellow Warbler 2 ______Greater White-fronted Goose 3 ______Clay-colored Sparrow 1 ______Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 – Occasional – only observed a few times 2 ______Cackling Goose 1 ______Field Sparrow 1 ______Blackpoll Warbler each year; also includes those species which 1 ______Canada Goose 1 ______Vesper Sparrow 3 ______Black-throated Blue Warbler may not occur every year but may be 2 ______Mute Swan* 3 ______Lark Sparrow 1 ______Palm Warbler widespread in others. 3 ______Trumpeter Swan 1 ______Savannah Sparrow 3 ______Pine Warbler 4 – Rare – Five or fewer records in the past ten 4 ______Tundra Swan 2 ______Grasshopper Sparrow 1 ______Yellow-rumped Warbler years. These should always be reported. 1 ______Wood Duck 3 ______Henslow’s Sparrow 3 ______Yellow-throated Warbler 1 ______Blue-winged Teal 3 ______LeConte’s Sparrow 4 ______Prairie Warbler 5 – Accidental – these species are major news 1 ______Northern Shoveler 4 ______Nelson’s Sparrow 5 ______Townsend’s Warbler in the local birding community and often state- 1 ______Gadwall 1 ______Fox Sparrow 1 ______Black-throated Green Warbler wide. In addition to being reported, most need 5 ______Eurasian Wigeon 1 ______Song Sparrow 2 ______Canada Warbler to be documented if part of the Illinois 1 ______American Wigeon 2 ______Lincoln’s Sparrow 2 ______Wilson’s Warbler Ornithological Society’s Review List: 1 ______Mallard 1 ______Swamp Sparrow CARDINALIDAE http://www.illinoisbirds.org/illinois- 2 ______American Black Duck 1 ______White-throated Sparrow 3 ______Summer Tanager ornithological-records-committee 2 ______Northern Pintail 4 ______Harris’s Sparrow 2 ______Scarlet Tanager 2 ______Green-winged Teal

1 ______White-crowned Sparrow 1 ______Northern Cardinal 2 ______Canvasback Italicized denotes breeding birds at or since 1 ______Dark-eyed Junco 1 ______Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 ______Redhead the 2004 Illinois Breeding Bird Atlas. Not all CHAT and BLACKBIRDS 2 ______Blue Grosbeak 1 ______Ring-necked Duck are regular and/or widespread, so the 2 ______Yellow-breasted Chat 1 ______Indigo Bunting 2 ______Greater Scaup following should be reported to eBird.org: 5 ______Yellow-headed Blackbird E 5 ______Painted Bunting 1 ______Lesser Scaup Blue-winged Teal, Northern Bobwhite, Black- 3 ______Bobolink 1 ______Dickcissel 4 ______Surf Scoter billed Cuckoo, Virginia Rail, Spotted Sandpiper, 1 ______Eastern Meadowlark 4 ______White-winged Scoter Least Bittern, Northern Harrier, Red- 3 ______Western Meadowlark The following are either extinct (†) or exist 5 ______Black Scoter shouldered Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker, 2 ______Orchard Oriole elsewhere but no longer in McLean County. 5 ______Long-tailed Duck Loggerhead Shrike, Bell’s Vireo, Sedge Wren, 1 ______Baltimore Oriole 2 ______Bufflehead Northern Mockingbird, Lark Sparrow, 1 ______Red-winged Blackbird Carolina Parakeet† 2 ______Common Goldeneye Savannah Sparrow, Henslow’s Sparrow, 1 ______Brown-headed Cowbird Eskimo Curlew† 2 ______Hooded Merganser Bobolink, Western Meadowlark, Ovenbird, 2 ______Rusty Blackbird Greater Prairie-Chicken 2 ______Common Merganser Louisiana Waterthrush, Kentucky Warbler, 4 ______Brewer’s Blackbird Passenger Pigeon† 2 ______Red-breasted Merganser Blue Grosbeak. Always report unlisted 1 ______Common Grackle ------1 ______Ruddy Duck breeders. WARBLERS GALLINACEOUS BIRDS

1 ______Ovenbird This checklist is dedicated to the late Dr. Dale 3 ______Northern Bobwhite Birkenholz—ornithologist, ISU curator, nature 4 ______Worm-eating Warbler E = Endangered, T = Threatened as a breeding 1 ______Ring-necked Pheasant* educator, and avid birder. 2 ______Louisiana Waterthrush bird in Illinois. It may still be relatively 2 ______Wild Turkey

1 ______Northern Waterthrush common as a migrant or wintering species. GREBES We thank Michael Retter for producing the 2 ______Golden-winged Warbler Any E or T species suspected of breeding 1 ______Pied-billed Grebe first edition of this checklist. We thank the 2 ______Blue-winged Warbler should be reported to the IDNR for their 1 ______Horned Grebe many birders of McLean County who continue 1 ______Black-and-white Warbler database tracking such activity. 5 ______Red-necked Grebe to document the status of our birds. 4 ______Eared Grebe 3 ______Prothonotary Warbler https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/conservation/Nat 1 ______Tennessee Warbler uralHeritage/Pages/ETSightingForm.aspx 5 ______Western Grebe 2 ______Orange-crowned Warbler This checklist© is a project of the DOVES 1 ______Nashville Warbler John Wesley Powell (JWP) Audubon Society *Non-native species introduced by humans. 1 ______Rock Pigeon* 3 ______Connecticut Warbler PO Box 142, Normal, IL 61761 2 ______Eurasian Collared-Dove* 3 ______Mourning Warbler Please report all interesting sightings to: 5______Common Ground-Dove 3 ______Kentucky Warbler Send additions/corrections/enquiries to: 1) JWP Audubon Facebook group 5 ______White-winged Dove 1 ______Common Yellowthroat [email protected] 2) eBird.org (any sightings are good here) 1 ______Mourning Dove 3 ______Hooded Warbler CUCKOOS 4 ______Red-necked Phalarope 1 ______Great Horned Owl 1 ______Tree Swallow 2 ______Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5 ______Red Phalarope 3 ______Snowy Owl 1 ______Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 ______Black-billed Cuckoo T GULLS and TERNS 5 ______Burrowing Owl 1 ______Bank Swallow NIGHTJARS 2 ______Bonaparte’s Gull 1 ______Barred Owl 1 ______Cliff Swallow 1 ______Common Nighthawk 4 ______Franklin’s Gull 3 ______Long-eared Owl 1 ______Barn Swallow 5 ______Chuck-will’s-widow T 1 ______Ring-billed Gull 3 ______Short-eared Owl E TITS, NUTHATCHES and CREEPERS 3 ______Whip-poor-will 5 ______California Gull 4 ______Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 ______Black-capped Chickadee SWIFTS and HUMMINGBIRDS 2 ______Herring Gull KINGFISHERS and WOODPECKERS 1 ______Tufted Titmouse 1 ______Chimney Swift 5 ______Iceland Gull 1 ______Belted Kingfisher 2 ______Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 ______Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5 ______Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 ______Red-headed Woodpecker 1 ______White-breasted Nuthatch RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS and CRANES 5 ______Glaucous Gull 1 ______Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 ______Brown Creeper 5 ______Yellow Rail 5 ______Least Tern E 1 ______Yellow-bellied Sapsucker WRENS 5 ______Black Rail E 3 ______Caspian Tern 1 ______Downy Woodpecker 5 ______Rock Wren 5 ______King Rail E 3 ______Black Tern E 2 ______Hairy Woodpecker 1 ______House Wren 3 ______Virginia Rail 4 ______Common Tern E 1 ______Northern Flicker 2 ______Winter Wren 2 ______Sora 5 ______Arctic Tern 3 ______Pileated Woodpecker 2 ______Sedge Wren 5 ______Purple Gallinule 3 ______Forster’s Tern E FALCONS 2 ______Marsh Wren 4 ______Common Gallinule E LOONS 1 ______American Kestrel 1 ______Carolina Wren 1 ______American Coot 5 ______Red-throated Loon 3 ______Merlin 5 ______Bewick’s Wren E 3 ______Sandhill Crane 2 ______Common Loon 5 ______Gyrfalcon GNATCATCHERS, KINGLETS and THRUSHES 4 ______Whooping Crane 5 ______Yellow-billed Loon 3 ______Peregrine Falcon 1 ______Blue-gray Gnatcatcher STILTS and AVOCETS CORMORANTS and PELICANS 5 ______Prairie Falcon 1 ______Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 ______Black-necked Stilt 1 ______Double-crested Cormorant FLYCATCHERS 1 ______Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 ______American Avocet 2 ______American White Pelican 3 ______Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 ______Eastern Bluebird PLOVERS and SANDPIPERS HERONS 1 ______Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 ______Mountain Bluebird 3 ______Black-bellied Plover 3 ______American Bittern E 2 ______Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2 ______Veery 1 ______American Golden-Plover 4 ______Least Bittern T 2 ______Acadian Flycatcher 2 ______Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 ______Semipalmated Plover 1 ______Great Blue Heron 2 ______Alder Flycatcher 1 ______Swainson’s Thrush 5 ______Piping Plover E 2 ______Great Egret 2 ______Willow Flycatcher 1 ______Hermit Thrush 1 ______Killdeer 5 ______Snowy Egret E 1 ______Least Flycatcher 1 ______Wood Thrush 3 ______Upland Sandpiper E 3 ______Little Blue Heron E 1 ______Eastern Phoebe 1 ______American Robin 5 ______Hudsonian Godwit 4 ______Cattle Egret 5 ______Say’s Phoebe MIMIDS and STARLINGS 1 ______Green Heron 5 ______Marbled Godwit 1 ______Great Crested Flycatcher 1 ______Gray Catbird 4 ______Ruddy Turnstone 3 ______Black-crowned Night-Heron E 5 ______Western Kingbird 1 ______Brown Thrasher 5 ______Ruff 5 ______Yellow-crowned Night-Heron E 1 ______Eastern Kingbird 3 ______Northern Mockingbird VULTURES 2 ______Stilt Sandpiper 5 ______Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 ______European Starling 1 ______Turkey Vulture 4 ______Sanderling SHRIKES and VIREOS WAXWINGS OSPREY, HAWKS, KITES and EAGLES 2 ______Dunlin 4 ______Loggerhead Shrike E 1 ______Cedar Waxwing 2 ______Osprey E 3 ______Baird’s Sandpiper 4 ______Northern Shrike OLD WORLD SPARROWS 5 ______Swallow-tailed Kite 1 ______Least Sandpiper 1 ______White-eyed Vireo 1 ______House Sparrow* 3 ______Mississippi Kite T 3 ______White-rumped Sandpiper 3 ______Bell’s Vireo 2 ______Eurasian Tree Sparrow* 2 ______Bald Eagle 3 ______Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 ______Yellow-throated Vireo PIPITS 1 ______Pectoral Sandpiper 2 ______Northern Harrier E 2 ______Blue-headed Vireo 2 ______Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 ______American Pipit 1 ______Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 ______Philadelphia Vireo FRINGILLIDAE 5 ______Western Sandpiper 2 ______Cooper’s Hawk 1 ______Warbling Vireo 5 ______Evening Grosbeak 2 ______Short-billed Dowitcher 4 ______Northern Goshawk 1 ______Red-eyed Vireo 3 ______Red-shouldered Hawk 1 ______House Finch* 3 ______Long-billed Dowitcher JAYS and CROWS 3 ______Purple Finch 1 ______American Woodcock 2 ______Broad-winged Hawk 1 ______Blue Jay 5 ______Swainson’s Hawk E 4 ______Common Redpoll 1 ______Wilson’s Snipe 1 ______American Crow 5 ______Hoary Redpoll 1 ______Spotted Sandpiper 1 ______Red-tailed Hawk 4 ______Fish Crow 2 ______Rough-legged Hawk 4 ______Red Crossbill 1 ______Solitary Sandpiper LARKS 5 ______Golden Eagle 5 ______White-winged Crossbill 1 ______Lesser Yellowlegs 1 ______Horned Lark 3 ______Pine Siskin 3 ______Willet OWLS SWALLOWS 1 ______American Goldfinch 5 ______Barn Owl T 1 ______Greater Yellowlegs 1 ______Purple Martin 2 ______Wilson’s Phalarope E 1 ______Eastern Screech-Owl