Bird AlbumUnited States · Illinois
Moraine Hills SP – McHenry Dam
248 species and 162,420 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 187 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Waukegan Beach36 km301 species
- Illinois Beach SP – South Unit38 km311 species
- Elsen's Hill, West DuPage Woods Forest Preserve50 km217 species
- Fermilab52 km288 species
- LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve56 km216 species
- Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park, Chicago64 km356 species
All 248 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- 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 Moraine Hills SP – McHenry Dam?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 187 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Moraine Hills SP – McHenry Dam?
248 species, from 162,420 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Moraine Hills SP – McHenry Dam in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Canada Goose, Sandhill Crane, Black-capped Chickadee 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.