Sightings for 2005

Sightings as of March 30, 2008
American Black Duck
Mallard
Mallard American Black Cross
Wood Duck
Widgeon
Gadwall
Shoveler
Canvas Back
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Canada Goose
White Fronted Goose
Bald Eagle
Kingfishers
American White Pelican
Sandhill Crane
Coot
Killdeer
Pie-billed Grebe

Spring Sightings 2007 We have had some wonderful sightings of returning migrants.
Wood Duck
Kildeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Barred Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Cliff Swallow
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped warbler
Black-throated green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black poll
Cerulean Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonatory Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Scarlet Tanager
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Savanna Sparow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Bobolink
Northern Oriole
Carolina Wren
Great Blue Heron
Trumpeter Swans
Ring-billed Gull
Kildeer
Turkey
Bald Eagle
Canada Goose
American Coot
Mallard
Wood Duck
Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
American Black Duck
Common Golden Eye
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Canvasback
Bufflehead
Widgeon
Red-tailed Hawk
Kestrel
Plus other songbirds.
Yellow billed Cuckoo
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Brown Thrasher
Wood Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black and white Warbler
Ovenbird
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Plus many other more common birds!

All trips listed will depart from the Galena Visitor's Center (Depot) parking lot. Participants will need to provide their own transportation to the viewing site(s) within 8 miles of Galena. Dress appropriately for the weather and bring binoculars. High power birding scope will be provided.

Fee: $10/person or $15/couple. Children free.

To register call Galena Birding (815) 777-0621 and leave a message, or email us here.