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BCN Census Hotspots
All Chicago area birders can now make a
contribution to our knowledge of bird populations and movements by
recording observations on the recently expanded BCN website hosted
by Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology. Whenever you visit
a Chicago-area "hotspot," all you need to do is to record the total
numbers of each species that you observed and the time you spent at
the site. Then go to the BCN reporting site
http://www.ebird.org/BCN and enter the data. Click here
for More
information regarding how to use the BCN eBird website.
This is a special, Chicago-area version of eBird, and using it will
ensure that your data is shared with the people who
maintain the public lands our birds use. You don't need a special
password to report these "timed observations"--although
current monitors who are reporting on transects and point counts
will continue to use their BCN passwords for those
reports. On this site, you can
view results of all the observations made in the Chicago region.
After you enter data, you can get a report of your observations that
can be copied and transferred to other files or messages. All your
observations are kept together in a file for you, so this site not
only contributes to local and national understanding of bird
distribution, but it can serve as your personal record-keeping site.
Here's the initial list of Chicago-area 210+ hotspots, with
latitude-longitude coordinates rounded to 4 decimals. You can
immediately and easily report observations for any of these sites.
Check the list on the website because additional sites will be added
from time to time. To get a site added to the list, contact Lee
Ramsey [].
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Lake, IL |
McHenry, IL |
Will, IL |
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Newton, IN |
Porter, IN |
Kenosha, WI |
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SITE |
County |
State |
Latitude |
Longitude |
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Air Station Prairie, Glenview |
Cook |
IL |
42.1036 |
-87.8194 |
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Arrowhead Lake Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
41.6497 |
-87.7932 |
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Axehead Lake Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
42.0081145 |
-87.8657083 |
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Bakers Lake/Ron Beese Park |
Cook |
IL |
42.1449 |
-88.1249 |
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Bartel Grassland |
Cook |
IL |
41.5356 |
-87.7555 |
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Beaubien Woods Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
41.6518893 |
-87.5911904 |
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Beck Lake Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
42.0721 |
-87.8743 |
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Bemis Woods Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
41.828 |
-87.908 |
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Big Bend Lake Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
42.0512 |
-87.8715 |
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Big Marsh, Lake Calumet |
Cook |
IL |
41.6861 |
-87.5726 |
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Bluff Spring Fen |
Cook |
IL |
42.0150 |
-88.2555 |
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Bobolink Meadow, Jackson Park |
Cook |
IL |
41.790 |
-87.5808 |
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Bunker Hill/Yates Flatwoods |
Cook |
IL |
42.0092 |
-87.7897 |
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Burnham Park-McCormick Nature Area |
Cook |
IL |
41.8507 |
-87.612 |
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Burnham Prairie |
Cook |
IL |
41.6374091 |
-87.5496089 |
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Busse NP (Busse Woods North) |
Cook |
IL |
42.0456425 |
-87.000043 |
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Butterfield Creek Wetlands |
Cook |
IL |
41.4989827 |
-87.7709185 |
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Caldwell Lilypool, Lincoln Park |
Cook |
IL |
41.9248 |
-87.6333 |
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Camp Sagawau |
Cook |
IL |
41.6898 |
-87.9207 |
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Cap Sauers Holding Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
41.6725393 |
-87.8822067 |
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Cherry Hill Woods |
Cook |
IL |
41.6742 |
-87.8708 |
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Chevalier Woods Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
41.97423 |
-87.85105 |
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Chicago Botanic Garden |
Cook |
IL |
42.1491 |
-87.7892 |
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Cicero and Vollmer |
Cook |
IL |
41.5303 |
-87.735 |
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Columbus Park, Chicago |
Cook |
IL |
41.8751829 |
-87.7698144 |
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Conkey Woods Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
41.6490 |
-87.7612 |
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Crabtree Nature Center |
Cook |
IL |
42.114 |
-88.161 |
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Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
41.7114 |
-87.8548 |
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Dam #2 Woods |
Cook |
IL |
42.0872 |
-87.8909 |
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Deadstick Pond, Lake Calumet |
Cook |
IL |
41.6697 |
-87.5725 |
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Deer Grove Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
42.1446 |
-88.0625 |
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Dog Training Area Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
42.0803275 |
-88.2090575 |
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Douglas Park, Chicago |
Cook |
IL |
41.8633213 |
-87.6991556 |
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Eggers Woods Forest Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
41.6847 |
-87.5305 |
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Emily Oaks Nature Center |
Cook |
IL |
42.0213 |
-87.7438 |
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Garfield Park, Chicago |
Cook |
IL |
41.8828429 |
-87.7165323 |
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Gensburg-Markham Prairie |
Cook |
IL |
41.6068 |
-87.6853 |
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Gillson Park, Wilmette |
Cook |
IL |
42.0780 |
-87.6819 |
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Gompers Park, Chicago |
Cook |
IL |
41.9733 |
-87.7302 |
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Harms Woods/Glenview Woods |
Cook |
IL |
42.0671 |
-87.7730 |
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Headwaters FP: See Dog Training Area |
Cook |
IL |
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Hegewisch Marsh |
Cook |
IL |
41.6565 |
-87.5643 |
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Horner Park, Chicago |
Cook |
IL |
41.9575945 |
-87.6961161 |
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Humboldt Park, Chicago |
Cook |
IL |
41.9080148 |
-87.7026638 |
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Indian Lake (Brookfield Zoo) |
Cook |
IL |
41.8332 |
-87.8404 |
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Indian Ridge Marshes, Lake Calumet |
Cook |
IL |
41.6770 |
-87.5613 |
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Izaak Walton Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
41.5626 |
-87.6437 |
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Jarvis Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park |
Cook |
IL |
41.9484 |
-87.6397 |
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John J. Duffy Preserve |
Cook |
IL |
41.666 |
-87.913 |
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LaBagh Woods |
Cook |
IL |
41.9803903 |
-87.7412754 |
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Lake Katherine Nature Center |
Cook |
IL |
41.6763 |
-87.8010 |
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Linne Woods Forest Preserve |
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