United States · Illinois
LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve
216 species and 176,122 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 172 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lincoln Park, Chicago – Jarvis Bird Sanctuary9 km251 species
- Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park, Chicago9 km356 species
- Lincoln Park, Chicago – North Pond10 km248 species
- Jackson Park, Chicago – Wooded Island/Bobolink Meadow area25 km291 species
- Jackson Park, Chicago26 km310 species
- Elsen's Hill, West DuPage Woods Forest Preserve38 km217 species
All 216 species recorded here
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 172 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve?
216 species, from 176,122 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Dark-eyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, American Robin, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.