Warbler Finale at the CNP

This is the part six of six of Birdfreak’s 72-hour birding extravaganza. Our goal was to find as many bird species as possible within Winnebago County, Illinois.

Our last ditch effort to find warblers led us to Espenscheid Memorial Forest Preserve where 100 yards in, we heard a Cape May Warbler and spotted Canada and Blackpoll Warblers. Further in we found a Blackburnian Warbler and then spotted another White-eyed Vireo!!

We were completely spent – hot and tired – or we might have mustered another warbler or two, but decided it was best to call it a day and head home.

During a family cookout, we added our last bird of the count, a Mourning Warbler (first spotted by our mom) bathing in our dripper.

Our complete list:

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