Welcome to the Illinois Audubon Society’s Migration Dashboard. Check this page regularly as we continue to track the arrival of new species into the state this year.
We continue on our record-setting pace. Ahead of last year and most seen by April 12 over the last 11 years
First Date Species Was Reported in Illinois (2021)
| Number | Species | When |
|---|---|---|
| 236 | Wood Thrush | 4/12/2021 |
| 237 | Swainson's Hawk | 4/12/2021 |
| 238 | Prairie Warbler | 4/12/2021 |
| 234 | Chestnut-sided Warbler | 4/10/2021 |
| 235 | Black-bellied Whistling Duck | 4/10/2021 |
| 231 | Worm-eating Warbler | 4/9/2021 |
| 232 | Stilt Sandpiper | 4/9/2021 |
| 233 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 4/9/2021 |
| 225 | Green Heron | 4/8/2021 |
| 226 | Common Yellowthroat | 4/8/2021 |
| 227 | Bank Swallow | 4/8/2021 |
| 228 | Baird's Sandpiper | 4/8/2021 |
| 229 | Semipalmated Plover | 4/8/2021 |
| 230 | Cerulean Warbler | 4/8/2021 |
| 223 | Chimney Swift | 4/7/2021 |
| 224 | Warbling Vireo | 4/7/2021 |
| 221 | Yellow-throated Vireo | 4/6/2021 |
| 222 | Red-eyed Vireo | 4/6/2021 |
| 209 | Henslow's Sparrow | 4/4/2021 |
| 210 | Broad-winged Hawk | 4/4/2021 |
| 211 | Hooded Warbler | 4/4/2021 |
| 212 | Upland Sandpiper | 4/4/2021 |
| 213 | Anhinga | 4/4/2021 |
| 214 | Prothonotary Warbler | 4/4/2021 |
| 215 | Forster's Tern | 4/4/2021 |
| 216 | American Avocet | 4/4/2021 |
| 217 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 4/4/2021 |
| 218 | White-eyed Vireo | 4/4/2021 |
| 219 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4/4/2021 |
| 220 | Eastern Whip-poor-will | 4/4/2021 |
| 208 | Black-and-white Warbler | 4/2/2021 |
| 207 | Marsh Wren | 4/1/2021 |
| 205 | Black-throated Green Warbler | 3/31/2021 |
| 206 | Snowy Egret | 3/31/2021 |
| 203 | Little Blue Heron | 3/30/2021 |
| 204 | American Bittern | 3/30/2021 |
| 200 | Eared Grebe | 3/29/2021 |
| 201 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 3/29/2021 |
| 202 | Cinnamon Teal | 3/29/2021 |
| 197 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 3/27/2021 |
| 198 | Sora | 3/27/2021 |
| 199 | Northern Parula | 3/27/2021 |
| 193 | Cliff Swallow | 3/26/2021 |
| 194 | Yellow-throated Warbler | 3/26/2021 |
| 195 | Cattle Egret | 3/26/2021 |
| 196 | Black-necked Stilt | 3/26/2021 |
| 191 | Solitary Sandpiper | 3/25/2021 |
| 192 | Yellow-headed Blackbird | 3/25/2021 |
| 190 | Palm Warbler | 3/22/2021 |
| 187 | Barn Swallow | 3/21/2021 |
| 188 | Caspian Tern | 3/21/2021 |
| 189 | Smith's Longspur | 3/21/2021 |
| 183 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 3/20/2021 |
| 184 | Little Gull | 3/20/2021 |
| 185 | Louisiana Waterthrush | 3/20/2021 |
| 186 | Spotted Sandpiper | 3/20/2021 |
| 182 | Red-necked Grebe | 3/19/2021 |
| 180 | Greater Yellowlegs | 3/9/2021 |
| 181 | Purple Martin | 3/9/2021 |
| 179 | White-winged Dove | 3/7/2021 |
| 178 | Pectorial Sandpiper | 3/5/2021 |
| 176 | American Golden-plover | 3/3/2021 |
| 177 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 3/3/2021 |
| 175 | Osprey | 3/2/2021 |
| 174 | Neotropic Cormorant | 2/28/2021 |
| 173 | Tree Swallow | 2/27/2021 |
| 172 | Virginia Rail | 2/26/2021 |
| 171 | Laughing Gull | 2/21/2021 |
| 170 | Greater Prairie-Chicken | 2/4/2021 |
| 169 | House Wren | 1/29/2021 |
| 168 | Black-legged Kittiwake | 1/24/2021 |
| 167 | Cape May Warbler | 1/18/2021 |
| 166 | African Collared-Dove | 1/17/2021 |
| 165 | Fish Crow | 1/16/2021 |
| 164 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 1/11/2021 |
| 162 | Dunlin | 1/10/2021 |
| 163 | Black Scoter | 1/10/2021 |
| 161 | Least Sandpiper | 1/9/2021 |
| 160 | Golden Eagle | 1/7/2021 |
| 159 | Hoary Redpoll | 1/6/2021 |
| 157 | Vesper Sparrow | 1/5/2021 |
| 158 | Tennessee Warbler | 1/5/2021 |
| 153 | Dickcissel | 1/4/2021 |
| 154 | Prairie Falcon | 1/4/2021 |
| 155 | Surf Scoter | 1/4/2021 |
| 156 | Gray Catbird | 1/4/2021 |
| 149 | Loggerhead Shrike | 1/3/2021 |
| 150 | California Gull | 1/3/2021 |
| 151 | Blue-winged Teal | 1/3/2021 |
| 152 | White-winged Scoter | 1/3/2021 |
| 139 | Great Egret | 1/2/2021 |
| 140 | Glaucous Gull | 1/2/2021 |
| 141 | Snowy Owl | 1/2/2021 |
| 142 | White-winged Crossbill | 1/2/2021 |
| 143 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 1/2/2021 |
| 144 | Brant | 1/2/2021 |
| 145 | Red Crossbill | 1/2/2021 |
| 146 | Whooping Crane | 1/2/2021 |
| 147 | Wilson's Snipe | 1/2/2021 |
| 148 | Barn Owl | 1/2/2021 |
| 1 | Canada Goose | 1/1/2021 |
| 2 | Great Horned Owl | 1/1/2021 |
| 3 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1/1/2021 |
| 4 | Downy Woodpecker | 1/1/2021 |
| 5 | Black-capped Chickadee | 1/1/2021 |
| 6 | House Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 7 | House Finch | 1/1/2021 |
| 8 | American Goldfinch | 1/1/2021 |
| 9 | Dark-eyed Junco | 1/1/2021 |
| 10 | Northern Cardinal | 1/1/2021 |
| 11 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | 1/1/2021 |
| 12 | American Tree Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 13 | Mourning Dove | 1/1/2021 |
| 14 | Hairy Woodpecker | 1/1/2021 |
| 15 | Blue Jay | 1/1/2021 |
| 16 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 1/1/2021 |
| 17 | European Starling | 1/1/2021 |
| 18 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 1/1/2021 |
| 19 | Long-eared Owl | 1/1/2021 |
| 20 | Monk Parakeet | 1/1/2021 |
| 21 | American Robin | 1/1/2021 |
| 22 | Cooper's Hawk | 1/1/2021 |
| 23 | Carolina Wren | 1/1/2021 |
| 24 | White-throated Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 25 | Mallard | 1/1/2021 |
| 26 | Brown Creeper | 1/1/2021 |
| 27 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 1/1/2021 |
| 28 | Herring Gull | 1/1/2021 |
| 29 | Red-tailed Hawk | 1/1/2021 |
| 30 | American Crow | 1/1/2021 |
| 31 | Wood Duck | 1/1/2021 |
| 32 | Ring-billed Gull | 1/1/2021 |
| 33 | Bald Eagle | 1/1/2021 |
| 34 | Barred Owl | 1/1/2021 |
| 35 | Belted Kingfisher | 1/1/2021 |
| 36 | Northern Flicker | 1/1/2021 |
| 37 | Song Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 38 | Northern Harrier | 1/1/2021 |
| 39 | Tufted Titmouse | 1/1/2021 |
| 40 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1/1/2021 |
| 41 | Winter Wren | 1/1/2021 |
| 42 | Northern Mockingbird | 1/1/2021 |
| 43 | Purple Finch | 1/1/2021 |
| 44 | Pine Siskin | 1/1/2021 |
| 45 | Ruddy Duck | 1/1/2021 |
| 46 | Rock Pigeon | 1/1/2021 |
| 47 | Great Blue Heron | 1/1/2021 |
| 48 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 1/1/2021 |
| 49 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1/1/2021 |
| 50 | Red-headed Woodpecker | 1/1/2021 |
| 51 | Carolina Chickadee | 1/1/2021 |
| 52 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1/1/2021 |
| 53 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1/1/2021 |
| 54 | Brown Thrasher | 1/1/2021 |
| 55 | Eastern Bluebird | 1/1/2021 |
| 56 | Hermit Thrush | 1/1/2021 |
| 57 | Swamp Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 58 | Eastern Towhee | 1/1/2021 |
| 59 | Red-winged Blackbird | 1/1/2021 |
| 60 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 1/1/2021 |
| 61 | Common Grackle | 1/1/2021 |
| 62 | Short-eared Owl | 1/1/2021 |
| 63 | Pileated Woodpecker | 1/1/2021 |
| 64 | American Kestrel | 1/1/2021 |
| 65 | Cedar Waxwing | 1/1/2021 |
| 66 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 67 | Common Redpoll | 1/1/2021 |
| 68 | Field Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 69 | Savannah Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 70 | Cackling Goose | 1/1/2021 |
| 71 | Greater Scaup | 1/1/2021 |
| 72 | Bufflehead | 1/1/2021 |
| 73 | Snow Goose | 1/1/2021 |
| 74 | Ross's Goose | 1/1/2021 |
| 75 | Greater White-fronted Goose | 1/1/2021 |
| 76 | Northern Pintail | 1/1/2021 |
| 77 | Ring-necked Pheasant | 1/1/2021 |
| 78 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | 1/1/2021 |
| 79 | Killdeer | 1/1/2021 |
| 80 | Bonaparte's Gull | 1/1/2021 |
| 81 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1/1/2021 |
| 82 | Eastern Phoebe | 1/1/2021 |
| 83 | Horned Lark | 1/1/2021 |
| 84 | Lapland Longspur | 1/1/2021 |
| 85 | Trumpeter Swan | 1/1/2021 |
| 86 | Lesser Scaup | 1/1/2021 |
| 87 | Common Merganser | 1/1/2021 |
| 88 | Red-breasted Merganser | 1/1/2021 |
| 89 | Great Black-backed Gull | 1/1/2021 |
| 90 | Common Loon | 1/1/2021 |
| 91 | Northern Bobwhite | 1/1/2021 |
| 92 | Wild Turkey | 1/1/2021 |
| 93 | Turkey Vulture | 1/1/2021 |
| 94 | White-crowned Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 95 | Hooded Merganser | 1/1/2021 |
| 96 | Double-crested Cormorant | 1/1/2021 |
| 97 | Evening Grosbeak | 1/1/2021 |
| 98 | Fox Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 99 | Common Goldeneye | 1/1/2021 |
| 100 | Gadwall | 1/1/2021 |
| 101 | Red-throated Loon | 1/1/2021 |
| 102 | American Black Duck | 1/1/2021 |
| 103 | American Coot | 1/1/2021 |
| 104 | Northern Shrike | 1/1/2021 |
| 105 | European Goldfinch | 1/1/2021 |
| 106 | Eastern Meadowlark | 1/1/2021 |
| 107 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1/1/2021 |
| 108 | Ring-necked Duck | 1/1/2021 |
| 109 | Harris's Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 110 | Mute Swan | 1/1/2021 |
| 111 | Redhead | 1/1/2021 |
| 112 | Pied-billed Grebe | 1/1/2021 |
| 113 | Black Vulture | 1/1/2021 |
| 114 | Merlin | 1/1/2021 |
| 115 | Rusty Blackbird | 1/1/2021 |
| 116 | Brewer's Blackbird | 1/1/2021 |
| 117 | Long-tailed Duck | 1/1/2021 |
| 118 | Chipping Sparrow | 1/1/2021 |
| 119 | Pine Warbler | 1/1/2021 |
| 120 | American Pipit | 1/1/2021 |
| 121 | Northern Shoveler | 1/1/2021 |
| 122 | Canvasback | 1/1/2021 |
| 123 | American White Pelican | 1/1/2021 |
| 124 | Rough-legged Hawk | 1/1/2021 |
| 125 | Spotted Towhee | 1/1/2021 |
| 126 | Indigo Bunting | 1/1/2021 |
| 127 | Western Meadowlark | 1/1/2021 |
| 128 | Green-winged Teal | 1/1/2021 |
| 129 | Iceland Gull | 1/1/2021 |
| 130 | Snow Bunting | 1/1/2021 |
| 131 | Franklin's Gull | 1/1/2021 |
| 132 | Peregrine Falcon | 1/1/2021 |
| 133 | Tundra Swan | 1/1/2021 |
| 134 | American Wigeon | 1/1/2021 |
| 135 | Horned Grebe | 1/1/2021 |
| 136 | Sandhill Crane | 1/1/2021 |
| 137 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1/1/2021 |
| 138 | American Woodcock | 1/1/2021 |
| 239 | Gyrfalcon |