Started on December 1st, 2007, the Deer Run Bird Survey (D.R.B.S.) is a year long bird survey we are conducting until December of 2008. The area consists of the 593 acre preserve known as Deer Run Forest Preserve, which consists of mixed-grass prairie, oak savanna, riparian, and restoration projects.
Hermit Thrush - April 2008
The D.R.B.S. is a self-supported citizen science project with the following objectives:
- Discovery the year-long diversity of Deer Run
- Assist the Winnebago County Forest Preserve District in future habitat development based on our findings and provide insight into future conservation easements and purchases in the vicinity of Deer Run {currently, there are other forest preserves in the area but also many farms that could instantly add to the acreage}
This page will be updated with new information and links to all the individual survey dates as they happen. We also plan on adding a photo gallery of some of the scenes and of course birds found at Deer Run.
- D.R.B.S. #1 - December 1st, 2007
- D.R.B.S. #2 - December 19th, 2007
- D.R.B.S. #3 - December 24th, 2007
- D.R.B.S. #4 - January 26th, 2008
- D.R.B.S. #5 - March 15th, 2008
- D.R.B.S. #6 - March 23rd, 2008
- D.R.B.S. #7 - April 5th, 2008
- D.R.B.S. #8 - April 20th, 2008
- D.R.B.S. #9 - April 29th, 2008
- D.R.B.S. #10 - May 2nd, 2008
- D.R.B.S. #11 - May 14th, 2008
We have counted 3,922 individual birds of 98 species.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Coot
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- American Tree Sparrow
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bank Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-billed Cuckcoo
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Blue Jay
- Bobolink
- Brown Creeper
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Brown Thrasher
- Cackling Goose
- Canada Goose
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Merganser
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Towhee
- European Starling
- Field Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Henslow’s Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Indigo Bunting
- Killdeer
- Lark Sparrow
- Least Flycatcher
- Le Conte’s Sparrow
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Magnolia Warbler
- Mallard
- Mourning Dove
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Harrier
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Northern Waterthrush
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- Ovenbird
- Palm Warbler
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Rock Dove
- Rose-breasted Grosebeak
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sandhill Crane
- Savanna Sparrow
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Swamp Sparrow
- Tennessee Warbler
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Veery
- Vesper Sparrow
- Warbling Vireo
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Willow Flycatcher
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Wood Duck
- Wood Thrush
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Yellow Warbler
