Trip Report: Chicago (2021-05-21 - 2021-05-30)
White-jawed Jumping Spider (Hentzia mitrata)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
White-jawed Jumping Spider (Hentzia mitrata)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) - Female
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
Blow Fly (blowfly ssp)
Stilt-legged Fly (Compsobata univitta) In Love
Common Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidiidae vulgare)
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Amara Beetle (Amara sp)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) - In Love
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) - Female
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) - Female
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) - Female
Spider (Spider ssp)
Green-striped Grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata)
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White-jawed Jumping Spider (Hentzia mitrata)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
White-jawed Jumping Spider (Hentzia mitrata)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) - Female
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
Blow Fly (blowfly ssp)
Stilt-legged Fly (Compsobata univitta) In Love
Common Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidiidae vulgare)
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Amara Beetle (Amara sp)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) - In Love
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) - Female
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) - Female
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) - Female
Spider (Spider ssp)
Green-striped Grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata)
Trip to Chicago and closing out the Illinois Beach Resort hotel.
Sites Visited
Country: United States of America
(4 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (112 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(9 records)
Class: Arachnids
(2 records)
- Order: Spiders
(2 records)
- Family: Jumping Spiders
- White-jawed Jumping Spider (Hentzia mitrata)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Spider (Spider ssp)
Class: Insects
(6 records)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Ground Beetles
- Amara Beetle (Amara sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Skimmers
- Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
- 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)
Class: Malacostracans
(1 record)
- Order: Isopods
(1 record)
- Family: Pill Woodlice
- Common Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare)
Phylum: Chordates
(103 records)
Class: Birds
(103 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(4 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Cranes
- Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
- Family: Swifts
- Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomas vociferus)
- Order: Pelicans
(13 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- 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)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Order: Perching Birds (66 records)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- 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: 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)
- Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
- Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
- Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
- Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)
- Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
- 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: Thrushes and Allies
- Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
- Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- 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)
- Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Family: Vireos
- Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(7 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (4 records)