Wildlife Seen In Illinois!
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Cassin's 17-Year Cicada (Magicicada cassinii)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) - Male
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) - Female
Cassin's 17-Year Cicada (Magicicada cassinii)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)
Cassin's 17-Year Cicada (Magicicada cassinii)
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Cassin's 17-Year Cicada (Magicicada cassinii)
Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) - Female
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
White-jawed Jumping Spider (Hentzia mitrata)
Pharaoh Cicada (Magicicada septendecim)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Running Crab Spider (Philodromus sp)
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
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Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Cassin's 17-Year Cicada (Magicicada cassinii)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) - Male
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) - Female
Cassin's 17-Year Cicada (Magicicada cassinii)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)
Cassin's 17-Year Cicada (Magicicada cassinii)
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Cassin's 17-Year Cicada (Magicicada cassinii)
Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) - Female
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
White-jawed Jumping Spider (Hentzia mitrata)
Pharaoh Cicada (Magicicada septendecim)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Running Crab Spider (Philodromus sp)
Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
Sightings from Chicago suburban areas in the Fox River Valley.
Sites Included
Country: United States of America
(25 sites)
- Binnie Lakes Forest Preserve
- Burnidge Forest Preserve
- Crabtree Nature Center
- Danada Forest Preserve
- Elgin
- Elgin - Bluff Spring Fen
- Elizabethtown
- Fermilab
- Ferson Creek Fen
- Fox River - Dundee
- Galesburg
- Hawthorne Hill Nature Center
- Illinois Beach State Park
- James Phillip State Park
- Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve
- Lyon's Woods Forest Preserve
- Miller Meadow Forest Preserve
- Montrose Point
- Nelson Lake Forest Preserve
- Penny Road Pond
- Pratt Wayne Woods
- Rutland Forest Preserve
- Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary
- Voyager's Landing
- Western Kane County - Walker Road
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (218 records,
105 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(17 records,
17 images)
Class: Arachnids
(5 records,
5 images)
- Order: Spiders
(4 records)
- Family: Jumping Spiders
- White-jawed Jumping Spider (Hentzia mitrata)
- Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Spider (Spider sp)
- Family: Running Crab Spiders
- Running Crab Spider (Philodromus sp)
- Order: Ticks
(1 record)
- Family: Hard-backed Ticks
- American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
Class: Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimp, Isopods, and Allies
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Isopods
(1 record)
- Family: Pill Woodlice
- Common Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare)
Class: Insects
(11 records,
11 images)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Apidae
- Black-and-gold Bumblebee (Bombus auricomus)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Ground Beetles
- Amara Beetle (Amara sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(2 records)
- Family: Gossamer-winged Butterflies
- Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies (2 records)
- Order: Flies
(2 records)
- Family: Blow Flies
- Blow Fly (blowfly sp)
- Family: Stilt-legged Flies
- Stilt-legged Fly (Compsobata univitta)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(1 record)
- Family: Short-horned Grasshoppers
- Green-striped Grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata)
- Order: True Bugs (2 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(201 records,
88 images)
Class: Amphibians
(5 records,
2 images)
- Order: Toads and Frogs (5 records)
- Family: True Toads
- American Toad (Bufo americanus)
- Family: Typical Frogs
- American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
- Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)
Class: Birds
(176 records,
82 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(9 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(5 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- King Rail (Rallus elegans)
- Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
- Sora (Porzana carolina)
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
- Family: Swifts
- Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(5 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
- Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
- Order: Pelicans
(16 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Grebes
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Family: Herons
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Order: Perching Birds (111 records)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Family: Larks
- Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
- Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
- Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
- Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
- Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
- Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)
- Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
- Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
- Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
- Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)
- Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
- Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
- White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
- Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
- American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
- Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
- Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
- Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
- Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
- Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
- Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
- Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
- Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
- Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Family: Vireos
- Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
- White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
- Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
- Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
- Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Eastern Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Family: Wrens
- Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris)
- Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
- Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
- Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)
- Family: Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (11 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (5 records)
Class: Mammals
(12 records,
3 images)
- Order: Carnivorans
(3 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Coyote (Canis latrans)
- Family: Mustelids
- American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
- Family: Procyonidae
- Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetaceans
(1 record)
- Family: Cervidae
- White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
- Order: Opossums
(1 record)
- Family: Opossums
- Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
- Order: Rabbits and Hares
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
- Order: Rodents
(6 records)
- Family: Beavers
- American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
- Family: Hamsters, New World Rats and Mice, Muskrats, Voles
- White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
- Family: Squirrels
- Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
- Woodchuck (Marmota monax)
- Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Common American Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Class: Reptiles
(8 records,
1 image)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (4 records)
- Order: Turtles
(4 records)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Blanding's Turtle (Emys blandingii)
- Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
- Family: Snapping Turtles
- Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
- Family: Soft-shelled Turtles
- Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera)