Chicago Botanic Garden

enjoy your visit — Birding at the Garden

Birding Profiles

Birders of all skill levels and areas of interest will find something to see at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Come and enjoy watching and learning about some of the species that make the Garden their home for part of the year.

To find out more about some of our feathered visitors, click on a bird profile. Each month, we will add profiles of the birds you may see in the Garden during that particular season. For details about when a particular bird can be found in the Garden, find your bird in the alphabetical listing at the left. Remember to bring your binoculars when you visit!

Month Bird Profile   Month Bird Profile
JANUARY PHOTO: Common Redpoll Rare winter visitors   AUGUST PHOTO: Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron
FEBRUARY PHOTO: pine siskin Long-eared Owl     PHOTO: Eastern wood pewee Eastern Wood Pewee
  PHOTO: pine siskin Pine Siskin   SEPTEMBER PHOTO: Northern flicker Northern Flicker
MARCH PHOTO: Common Redpoll Ducks: Dabblers and Divers     PHOTO: Blue jay Blue Jay
  PHOTO: Northern Shoveler Northern Shoveler   OCTOBER PHOTO: White-throated sparrow White-throated Sparrow
APRIL PHOTO: Ruby-crowned kinglet Spring bird migration     PHOTO: Golden Crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet
MAY PHOTO: Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler   NOVEMBER PHOTO: Bufflehead Duck Bufflehead
JUNE PHOTO: American Goldfinch American Goldfinch   DECEMBER PHOTO: Dark-eyed Junco Dark-eyed Junco
JULY PHOTO: Purple Martin Purple Martin     PHOTO: Downy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker