Deer Run Bird Survey

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:

1. Discovery the year-long diversity of Deer Run
2. 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.

1. Alder Flycatcher
2. American Coot
3. American Crow
4. American Goldfinch
5. American Redstart
6. American Robin
7. American Tree Sparrow
8. American Woodcock
9. Bald Eagle
10. Baltimore Oriole
11. Bank Swallow
12. Barn Swallow
13. Barred Owl
14. Bay-breasted Warbler
15. Belted Kingfisher
16. Blackpoll Warbler
17. Black-and-White Warbler
18. Black-billed Cuckcoo
19. Black-capped Chickadee
20. Black-throated Green Warbler
21. Blackburnian Warbler
22. Blue Jay
23. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
24. Blue-headed Vireo
25. Bobolink
26. Brown Creeper
27. Brown Thrasher
28. Brown-headed Cowbird
29. Cackling Goose
30. Canada Goose
31. Canada Warbler
32. Cedar Waxwing
33. Chestnut-sided Warbler
34. Chimney Swift
35. Chipping Sparrow
36. Clay-colored Sparrow
37. Cliff Swallow
38. Common Grackle
39. Common Merganser
40. Common Nighthawk
41. Common Yellowthroat
42. Cooper’s Hawk
43. Dark-eyed Junco
44. Dickcissel
45. Downy Woodpecker
46. Eastern Bluebird
47. Eastern Kingbird
48. Eastern Meadowlark
49. Eastern Phoebe
50. Eastern Screech-owl
51. Eastern Towhee
52. Eastern Wood-pewee
53. European Starling
54. Field Sparrow
55. Fox Sparrow
56. Golden-crowned Kinglet
57. Golden-winged Warbler
58. Grasshopper Sparrow
59. Gray Catbird
60. Gray-cheeked Thrush
61. Great Blue Heron
62. Great Crested Flycatcher
63. Great Horned Owl
64. Green Heron
65. Hairy Woodpecker
66. Henslow’s Sparrow
67. Hermit Thrush
68. Hooded Merganser
69. House Finch
70. House Sparrow
71. House Wren
72. Indigo Bunting
73. Kentucky Warbler
74. Killdeer
75. Lark Sparrow
76. Le Conte’s Sparrow
77. Least Flycatcher
78. Lincoln’s Sparrow
79. Louisiana Waterthrush
80. Magnolia Warbler
81. Mallard
82. Mourning Dove
83. Nashville Warbler
84. Northern Cardinal
85. Northern Flicker
86. Northern Harrier
87. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
88. Northern Waterthrush
89. Olive-sided Flycatcher
90. Orchard Oriole
91. Osprey
92. Ovenbird
93. Palm Warbler
94. Philadelphia Vireo
95. Prothonotary Warbler
96. Red-bellied Woodpecker
97. Red-breasted Merganser
98. Red-breasted Nuthatch
99. Red-eyed Vireo
100. Red-headed Woodpecker
101. Red-tailed Hawk
102. Red-winged Blackbird
103. Ring-billed Gull
104. Ring-necked Pheasant
105. Rock Dove
106. Rose-breasted Grosebeak
107. Rough-legged Hawk
108. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
109. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
110. Rusty Blackbird
111. Sandhill Crane
112. Savannah Sparrow
113. Scarlet Tanager
114. Sedge Wren
115. Semipalmated Plover
116. Sharp-shinned Hawk
117. Solitary Sandpiper
118. Song Sparrow
119. Spotted Sandpiper
120. Swainson’s Thrush
121. Swamp Sparrow
122. Tennessee Warbler
123. Tree Swallow
124. Tufted Titmouse
125. Turkey Vulture
126. Veery
127. Vesper Sparrow
128. Warbling Vireo
129. White-breasted Nuthatch
130. White-crowned Sparrow
131. White-throated Sparrow
132. Wild Turkey
133. Willow Flycatcher
134. Wilson’s Warbler
135. Wood Duck
136. Wood Thrush
137. Yellow Warbler
138. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
139. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
140. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
141. Yellow-breasted Chat
142. Yellow-rumped Warbler
143. Yellow-throated Vireo