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
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
AUGUST PHOTO: Great Blue Heron Great Blue Heron JANUARY PHOTO: Common Redpoll Rare winter visitors
  PHOTO: Eastern wood pewee Eastern Wood Pewee FEBRUARY 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