United States bird sanctuary
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
354 bird species recorded; the most from April to May and from September to October.
Bohao Zhao · CC BY 3.0
This month here
133 species in January.131 species in February.163 species in March.274 species in April.280 species in May.215 species in June.193 species in July.235 species in August.265 species in September.264 species in October.217 species in November.148 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
354 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 354Speciesrecorded more than once
- 261Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 14ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,999,153Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 174 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 16Raptors
- 9Owls
- 37Waders
- 31Gulls & seabirds
- 39Ducks & geese
- 19Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 169Songbirds
- 32Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 354 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Owls9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodusNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & seabirds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- California GullLarus californicus
- Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Ducks & geese39 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- RedheadAythya americana
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
Herons, ibises & grebes19 species
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- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Whooping CraneGrus americana
Songbirds169 species
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- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaNT
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaNT
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandiiNT
- Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri
- Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii
- Orange BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Say's phoebeSayornis saya
- Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
- Pipilo maculatusPipilo maculatus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
- Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
- Grey-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Other birds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- American CootFulica americana
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rallus elegansRallus elegans
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May and from September to October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan0°/-5°48 mm
- Feb0°/-5°54 mm
- Mar5°/-1°62 mm
- Apr10°/4°94 mm
- May15°/9°118 mm
- Jun21°/15°102 mm
- Jul25°/20°95 mm
- Aug25°/20°105 mm
- Sep22°/16°86 mm
- Oct15°/10°99 mm
- Nov9°/4°61 mm
- Dec3°/-2°58 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.
Nature reserve in Chicago, Illinois
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in United States.
354 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,999,153 open records.
The most recorded are the House Sparrow, the Ring-billed Gull and the Northern Cardinal.
155 species come for the summer, 84 for the winter and 22 only pass through.
14 are threatened worldwide, including Chimney Swift, Horned Grebe and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded from April to May and from September to October.
Get there and watch
- VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: dawn-duskOfficial site↗
- Majestic Innplace to stay · 2.3 km · 189 within 10 km
- Uptownnearest town · 1.9 km in a straight line
- Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 22 km in a straight lineCar hire at MDW airport (Chicago)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 8bird hides within 6 kmPurple Martins Nesting Area and 7 more
- 1observation towers within 6 kmClark Junction Tower
- 3marked trails within 4 kmOBT-9, OBT-10, Lakefront Trail
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmSearle Visitor Center
- 23viewpoints within 5 km
- 477car parks within 3 km
- 229restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 189places to stay within 10 kmMajestic Inn, City Suites Hotel, City Scene Bed & Breakfast and 186 more
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmMount Trashmore · 9.1 kmPlayers Hill · 15 km
Coastya15 beaches within 10 kmMontrose - Wilson Beach · 0.4 kmFoster Avenue Beach · 1.9 kmArdmore Hollywood Beach · 3.0 kmGlenlake Avenue Beach · 3.7 kmGranville Avenue Beach · 4.0 kmDevon Avenue Beach · 4.3 kmFullerton Beach · 4.5 km↗North Avenue Beach · 5.6 km↗
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmDearborn ObservatoryBortle 7 · 11 kmAdler PlanetariumBortle 9 · 11 km↗
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
United States
- 89Birdyas Score
- 354Species
- 261Migrants
- 14Threatened
Dixon Waterfowl Refuge
United States · 164 km
- 88Birdyas Score
- 286Species
- 207Migrants
- 11Threatened
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
United States · 275 km
- 89Birdyas Score
- 302Species
- 222Migrants
- 13Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q111234596) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,999,153 open bird records within 4 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Coastya, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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