Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Illinois

2009 Results: Illinois

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

See list of localities in Illinois with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Greater White-fronted Goose	506	15
Snow Goose	32,365	36
Ross's Goose	12	3
Cackling Goose	81	9
Canada Goose	37,009	562
Mute Swan	81	17
Trumpeter Swan	13	6
Tundra Swan	7	3
Wood Duck	73	17
Gadwall	75	9
American Wigeon	14	4
American Black Duck	22	9
Mallard	3,466	218
Northern Shoveler	65	7
Northern Pintail	120	5
Green-winged Teal	17	3
Canvasback	780	12
Redhead	201	8
Ring-necked Duck	226	10
Greater Scaup	80	2
Lesser Scaup	569	16
Harlequin Duck	4	2
White-winged Scoter	11	6
Black Scoter	3	3
Long-tailed Duck	2	2
Bufflehead	72	13
Common Goldeneye	625	34
Barrow's Goldeneye	1	1
Hooded Merganser	76	20
Common Merganser	629	36
Red-breasted Merganser	25	3
Ruddy Duck	693	8
Ring-necked Pheasant	44	20
Greater Prairie-Chicken	17	1
Wild Turkey	520	49
Northern Bobwhite	20	8
Red-throated Loon	4	4
Pied-billed Grebe	8	1
American White Pelican	1,053	6
Great Blue Heron	106	49
Black Vulture	7	4
Turkey Vulture	149	60
Bald Eagle	345	76
Northern Harrier	46	23
Sharp-shinned Hawk	59	56
Cooper's Hawk	247	225
Northern Goshawk	1	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	17	15
Red-tailed Hawk	624	363
Rough-legged Hawk	18	14
Golden Eagle	1	1
American Kestrel	131	80
Merlin	4	4
Peregrine Falcon	6	5
American Coot	73	7
Sandhill Crane	3	1
Killdeer	101	33
Wilson's Snipe	2	2
American Woodcock	5	4
Ring-billed Gull	5,310	92
Herring Gull	1,154	44
Thayer's Gull	2	2
Glaucous Gull	1	1
Great Black-backed Gull	2	2
Rock Pigeon	1,931	125
Eurasian Collared-Dove	132	30
Mourning Dove	5,680	1,113
Monk Parakeet	79	10
Eastern Screech-Owl	10	6
Great Horned Owl	40	32
Barred Owl	34	22
Long-eared Owl	14	7
Short-eared Owl	2	2
Northern Saw-whet Owl	2	2
Belted Kingfisher	21	19
Red-headed Woodpecker	112	78
Red-bellied Woodpecker	1,198	703
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	36	28
Downy Woodpecker	2,266	1,113
Hairy Woodpecker	451	311
Northern Flicker	287	187
Pileated Woodpecker	45	38
Northern Shrike	2	2
Blue Jay	1,679	630
American Crow	3,594	537
Horned Lark	330	58
Carolina Chickadee	267	108
Black-capped Chickadee	3,105	947
Tufted Titmouse	936	388
Red-breasted Nuthatch	301	134
White-breasted Nuthatch	1,705	739
Brown Creeper	174	125
Carolina Wren	244	153
Winter Wren	14	9
Golden-crowned Kinglet	20	8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	2	2
Eastern Bluebird	331	105
Townsend's Solitaire	1	1
Hermit Thrush	7	5
American Robin	3,284	447
Varied Thrush	1	1
Northern Mockingbird	104	83
Brown Thrasher	1	1
European Starling	12,741	624
Cedar Waxwing	758	58
Yellow-rumped Warbler	59	11
Eastern Towhee	32	26
American Tree Sparrow	2,757	347
Chipping Sparrow	4	3
Field Sparrow	45	20
Savannah Sparrow	10	5
Fox Sparrow	45	25
Song Sparrow	463	157
Swamp Sparrow	39	8
White-throated Sparrow	762	226
Harris's Sparrow	2	2
White-crowned Sparrow	248	72
Dark-eyed Junco	9,524	1,265
Lapland Longspur	79	2
Snow Bunting	20	8
Northern Cardinal	6,509	1,430
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	4	3
Red-winged Blackbird	4,406	233
Eastern Meadowlark	89	29
Rusty Blackbird	107	15
Common Grackle	2,877	192
Brown-headed Cowbird	1,410	83
Pine Grosbeak	1	1
Purple Finch	439	158
House Finch	3,910	773
Red Crossbill	7	2
White-winged Crossbill	141	22
Common Redpoll	1,220	100
Hoary Redpoll	4	4
Pine Siskin	774	154
American Goldfinch	7,608	940
Evening Grosbeak	1	1
House Sparrow	14,935	1,092
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	426	45
Total	188,901

A total of 139 species were reported.

See list of localities in Illinois with reports.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET. Bird checklists submitted to GBBC are included on these results within about 2 hours of submission.