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Team Information: Rollins Raptors
Captain: Beau Schaefer
Location: grayslake, Illinois (United States)
Team Checklist
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Rail sp.
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
Team Notes
Participants: Beau Schaefer, Brian Storvik, Nick Streicher
Weather: Mostly Sunny, high 52, sw winds 15 mph
Location: Rollins Savanna observation deck
Time At Location: 5:30am-7pm; 13.5 hrs
Notes:
Canvasback, Common Nighthawk hunting over pond at noon, 4 point blank Merlins (3 perched), barking saw-whet owl/screech owl, hermit Thrush, Brown Creeper, YB Sapsucker.
