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- Loons: Vulcan
Lake [Crystal Lake,
can be seen from road], Silver Lake,
Chain-o-Lakes (March,
- Bitterns: Exner Marsh [Lake in the Hills] (May & June) (April, & September)
- Heron Rookery: Lyons
Prairie Boardwalk at Hickory Grove [Cary}
- Black-crowned Night Heron: Frequently feeds at McHenry Dam in the breeding
season.
- Wood Ducks: McHenry Dam at Moraine
Hills State Park, Tamarack View
Trail at Volo Bog
- Northern Harrier: Grasslands at Glacial
Park (easier in winter)
- Rough-legged Hawk: Winter at Glacial
Park, or open farm country
- Wild Turkey: Woods at Glacial
Park (especially on the south end), Bull Valley. Their range is expanding. Volo Bog has started reporting them.
- Virginia Rail: Marsh boardwalk at Volo Bog, & Pike Marsh at Moraine Hills State
Park (May and June)
- Sora Rail: Marsh boardwalk at Volo Bog , McHenry Dam & Pike Marsh
at Moraine Hills State Park
- Common Moorhen: McHenry Dam at Moraine
Hills State Park
- Sandhill Crane: Tamarack
View Trail at Volo Bog, Moraine Hills
State Park, Cotton Creek Marsh [Island Lake], Glacial Park
- Shorebirds: Lost Valley Marsh in Glacial
Park (May & August) Wilson’s Phalarope turns up with reasonable frequency during migration.
- Black Tern: The marsh restoration
at Chain-o-Lakes State Park,
Black-crown Marsh by Moraine Hills State
Park, and they used to be at McHenry Dam in Black
Tern Marsh.
- Forster’s Tern: Historically
nested on Grass Lake
in Chain-o-Lakes State Park???
- Short-eared Owl: Glacial Park in winter, dusk behind the old farm buildings
north to the Nippersink. This area is off limits to cars, you will need to walk.
- Whip-poor-will: Marengo Ridge or Bull
Valley at night at the beginning of May.
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird: Marengo
Ridge
- Willow Flycatcher: Tamarack View Trail at Volo Bog (June, beyond the 1 mile
marker)
- Sedge Wren: Tamarack View
Trail at Volo Bog in May & June beyond the 1 mile marker, Lake Defiance Boardwalk at Moraine Hills State Park
(May)
- Marsh Wren: Pike Marsh at Moraine
Hills State Park
- Yellow-throated Vireo: McHenry Dam trail along Fox
River, and other areas at Moraine Hills State Park.
- Warbling Vireo: Moraine Hills State
Park
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: Moraine
Hills State Park & Volo Bog
- Warbler Migration: Chain-o-Lakes State Park,
Moraine Hills State Park, Coral Woods, Glacial Park, Volo Bog, & Lyons Prairie
- Prothonotary Warbler: McHenry
Dam at Moraine Hills
State Park. Follow the trail south along the Fox River. Listen for their loud song.
- Ovenbird: Marengo Ridge
- Blue-winged Warbler: Marengo Ridge
- American Redstart: McHenry Dam at
Moraine Hills State Park. They nest near the beginning of the loop trail.
- Henslow’s Sparrow: Summer in grassy areas at Glacial Park
- Bobolink: Hickory Grove [Cary], Glacial
Park in grasslands, Northern
Lakes trail at Moraine Hills State Park
(June) in large fields
- Yellow-headed Blackbirds: McHenry Dam at Moraine Hills State Park:
Find a viewing stand to the
marsh from late April to August. They should be easy to find.
- Lapland Longspurs: Winter in open areas around Glacial Park, especially western roads.
- Snow Buntings: Frequently with the Lapland Longspurs, in open farm country
during winter.
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