United States · Illinois
Lincoln Park, Chicago – North Pond
248 species and 231,724 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 175 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American RobinTurdus migratorius86 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 248 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lincoln Park, Chicago – Jarvis Bird Sanctuary2 km251 species
- Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park, Chicago4 km356 species
- LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve10 km216 species
- Jackson Park, Chicago – Wooded Island/Bobolink Meadow area16 km291 species
- Jackson Park, Chicago17 km310 species
- Greene Valley Forest Preserve42 km261 species
All 248 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- 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 – North Pond?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 175 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lincoln Park, Chicago – North Pond?
248 species, from 231,724 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lincoln Park, Chicago – North Pond in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, House Sparrow, American Crow, Canada Goose and Black-capped Chickadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.