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Lincoln Park, Chicago – Jarvis Bird Sanctuary
251 species and 176,237 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 168 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea67 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 251 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park, Chicago2 km356 species
- Lincoln Park, Chicago – North Pond2 km248 species
- LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve9 km216 species
- Jackson Park, Chicago – Wooded Island/Bobolink Meadow area19 km291 species
- Jackson Park, Chicago19 km310 species
- Greene Valley Forest Preserve43 km261 species
All 251 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lincoln Park, Chicago – Jarvis Bird Sanctuary?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 168 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lincoln Park, Chicago – Jarvis Bird Sanctuary?
251 species, from 176,237 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lincoln Park, Chicago – Jarvis Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker and Ring-billed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.