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.
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
- D.R.B.S. #12 – May 16th, 2008
- D.R.B.S. #13 – May 18th, 2008
- D.R.B.S. #14 – May 31st, 2008
- D.R.B.S. #15 – Bird Survey – June Field Trip
- D.R.B.S. #16 – July/August Recap
UPDATE: The survey year is now over
We have counted 6,646 individual birds of 145 species.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Coot
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- American Tree Sparrow
- American Woodcock
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bank Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Belted Kingfisher
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-billed Cuckcoo
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Bobolink
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Cackling Goose
- Canada Goose
- Canada Warbler
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Grackle
- Common Merganser
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Dickcissel
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- European Starling
- Field Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Henslow’s Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Indigo Bunting
- Kentucky Warbler
- Killdeer
- Lark Sparrow
- Le Conte’s Sparrow
- Least Flycatcher
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Magnolia Warbler
- Mallard
- Mourning Dove
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Harrier
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Northern Waterthrush
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- Ovenbird
- Palm Warbler
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Rock Dove
- Rose-breasted Grosebeak
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sandhill Crane
- Savannah Sparrow
- Scarlet Tanager
- Sedge Wren
- Semipalmated Plover
- 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 Warbler
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellow-throated Vireo
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