Swallows family Hirundinidae
Grassland | Wetland
Small | Medium
Forest preserve hotspots hotspots •
Independence Grove (Libertyville)
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Middlefork Savanna (Lake Forest)
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Old School (Mettawa)
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Pine Dunes (Antioch)
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Spring Bluff (Winthrop Harbor) Bank swallow Riparia riparia
Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
Cliff swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Northern rough-winged swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Purple martin Progne subis
Tree swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Species Showcase • Purple martin Purple martins are the largest member of the swallow family, famous for their aerial acrobatics, swooping and swirling to nab flying insects. Traveling up to 600 miles a day during migration, purple martins arrive in Lake County in early April after spending the winter in South America. Most nest near cities and towns in human-made purple martin houses throughout the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. Such houses are installed at Independence Grove (Libertyville), Lakewood (Wauconda) and Old School (Mettawa) forest preserves.
Chickadees & Titmice family Paridae Forest preserve hotspots hotspots •
Independence Grove (Libertyville)
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Lakewood (Wauconda)
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Ryerson Conservation Area (Riverwoods) Black-capped chickadee Poecile atricapillus
Tufted titmouse 26
Baeolophus bicolor
Woodland
Small
Tufted titmouse