County  
Species Cloud Jewell Mitchell Ottawa Republic  
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck     X      
Snow Goose   X        
Greater White-fronted Goose       X    
Canada Goose X X X X X  
Wood Duck X X X X X  
Blue-winged Teal X X X X X  
Northern Shoveler X X X X X  
Gadwall X X X   X  
American Wigeon X   X      
Mallard X   X   X  
Northern Pintail X       X  
Green-winged Teal X   X   X  
Canvasback     X      
Redhead X X X   X  
Lesser Scaup X X X   X  
Hooded Merganser       X    
Common Merganser     X      
Ruddy Duck X X X X    
Northern Bobwhite X X   X X  
Wild Turkey X X   X X  
Ring-necked Pheasant X X X X X  
Pied-billed Grebe X X X X X  
Horned Grebe X          
Eared Grebe   X X      
Rock Pigeon X X X X X  
Eurasian Collared-Dove X X X X X  
Mourning Dove X X X X X  
Common Nighthawk X          
Chimney Swift X   X X X  
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X          
American Coot X X X X X  
Black-necked Stilt X       X  
American Avocet X       X  
Black-bellied Plover X   X   X  
American Golden-Plover X       X  
Killdeer X X X X X  
Semipalmated Plover X   X   X  
Snowy Plover X   X   X  
Upland Sandpiper X X   X X  
Whimbrel     X      
Hudsonian Godwit X       X  
Ruddy Turnstone X       X  
Stilt Sandpiper X       X  
Sanderling X       X  
Dunlin X       X  
Baird's Sandpiper X   X   X  
Least Sandpiper X X X   X  
White-rumped Sandpiper X       X  
Pectoral Sandpiper X   X X X  
Semipalmated Sandpiper X   X   X  
Western Sandpiper X       X  
Short-billed Dowitcher X*       X  
Long-billed Dowitcher X     X X  
Spotted Sandpiper X X X X X  
Solitary Sandpiper X   X   X  
Lesser Yellowlegs X X X X X  
Willet X X   X X  
Greater Yellowlegs X   X   X  
Wilson's Phalarope X   X X X  
Franklin's Gull X X X X X  
Ring-billed Gull X X X X X  
Herring Gull X       X  
Black Tern X       X  
Forster's Tern X X X X X  
Double-crested Cormorant X X X X X  
American White Pelican X X X      
Great Blue Heron X X X X X  
Great Egret X X   X X  
Snowy Egret X   X      
Cattle Egret X X     X  
Green Heron   X   X    
Black-crowned Night-Heron X X        
White-faced Ibis X X X   X  
Turkey Vulture X X X X X  
Osprey   X X X X  
Northern Harrier X X        
Sharp-shinned Hawk X          
Cooper's Hawk X     X    
Bald Eagle X X   X X  
Mississippi Kite X          
Red-shouldered Hawk   X        
Broad-winged Hawk   X        
Swainson's Hawk X X        
Red-tailed Hawk X X   X X  
Barred Owl X     X    
Belted Kingfisher X     X X  
Red-headed Woodpecker X X X X X  
Red-bellied Woodpecker X X X X X  
Downy Woodpecker X X X X X  
Hairy Woodpecker X X   X    
Northern Flicker X X   X X  
Pileated Woodpecker X*   X* X    
American Kestrel X X X   X  
Great Crested Flycatcher X X X X X  
Western Kingbird X X X X X  
Eastern Kingbird X X X X X  
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher X X   X X  
Eastern Wood-Pewee X          
Least Flycatcher X X X X X  
Eastern Phoebe X X X X X  
Bell's Vireo X X   X X  
Yellow-throated Vireo         X*  
Blue-headed Vireo X          
Philadelphia Vireo     X*      
Warbling Vireo X X X X X  
Red-eyed Vireo X X   X X  
Loggerhead Shrike   X   X X  
Blue Jay X X X X X  
American Crow X X X X X  
Fish Crow       X*    
Black-capped Chickadee X X X X X  
Tufted Titmouse X     X X  
Horned Lark X X   X X  
Bank Swallow X       X  
Tree Swallow X X X   X  
N. Rough-winged Swallow X X X X X  
Purple Martin X   X   X  
Barn Swallow X X X X X  
Cliff Swallow X X X X X  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet       X X  
Cedar Waxwing X X     X  
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X X  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X X X  
Carolina Wren X X   X X  
House Wren X X X X X  
Sedge Wren         X  
Marsh Wren X X     X  
Gray Catbird X X X X X  
Brown Thrasher X X X X X  
Northern Mockingbird   X X   X  
European Starling X X X X X  
Eastern Bluebird X X   X X  
Swainson's Thrush X X X X X  
Wood Thrush X     X    
American Robin X X X X X  
House Sparrow X X X X X  
American Pipit X       X  
House Finch X X X X X  
American Goldfinch X X X X X  
Grasshopper Sparrow X X   X X  
Lark Sparrow X X X X X  
Lark Bunting         X*  
Chipping Sparrow X X X X X  
Clay-colored Sparrow X X X X X  
Field Sparrow X     X X  
White-crowned Sparrow X X X X X  
Harris's Sparrow X X X X X  
White-throated Sparrow X X X X X  
Vesper Sparrow X                        
Savannah Sparrow X X X   X  
Song Sparrow X       X  
Lincoln's Sparrow X X X X X  
Swamp Sparrow X          
Spotted Towhee X X   X X  
Eastern Towhee   X   X X  
Yellow-breasted Chat   X        
Yellow-headed Blackbird X X X X X  
Bobolink       X    
Eastern Meadowlark X X X X X  
Western Meadowlark X X X X X  
Orchard Oriole X X X X X  
Baltimore Oriole X X X X X  
Red-winged Blackbird X X X X X  
Brown-headed Cowbird X X X X X  
Common Grackle X X X X X  
Great-tailed Grackle X X     X  
Louisiana Waterthrush         X*  
Northern Waterthrush X* X        
Black-and-white Warbler X*     X    
Tennessee Warbler   X        
Orange-crowned Warbler   X X X X  
Nashville Warbler   X        
Common Yellowthroat X X X X X  
American Redstart X   X      
Northern Parula       X    
Yellow Warbler X X X X X  
Palm Warbler X X   X    
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X X X  
Wilson's Warbler X          
Summer Tanager X     X    
Northern Cardinal X X X X X  
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X X X X X  
Blue Grosbeak   X        
Indigo Bunting X X X X X  
Dickcissel X X   X X  
Species seen in county 156 117 102 110 139  
Species across all 5 counties 185          
An asterisk (*) following the X indicates a new county record.