Animals of FCSNA

The Franklin Creek State Natural Area covers 922 acres of habitat in the Rock River Valley. Habitat varies widely from sandstone cliffs to prairie, from woodlands to wetlands, cropland to riparian forest. There is a rich variety of animals recorded in FCSNA. This guide will be updated when ...more ↓

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 5
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 6
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 8
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Dryobates villosus
Barred Owl 10
Strix varia
Belted Kingfisher 11
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock dove 12
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 13
Zenaida macroura
Turkey Vulture 14
Cathartes aura
Northern Bobwhite 15
Colinus virginianus
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 16
Phasianus colchicus
Solitary Sandpiper 17
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper 18
Actitis macularius
Ring-billed Gull 19
Larus delawarensis
Semipalmated Plover 20
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 21
Charadrius vociferus
Pied-billed Grebe 22
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 23
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 24
Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Egret 25
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 26
Ardea herodias
Green Heron 27
Butorides virescens
Merlin 28
Falco columbarius
American Kestrel 29
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 5
Chordeiles minor
Eastern whippoorwill 30
Antrostomus vociferus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 31
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 5
Chaetura pelagica
Blue-winged Teal 32
Spatula discors
Mallard 10
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 32
Bucephala albeola
Canada Goose 33
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 34
Aix sponsa
Osprey 5
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk 35
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 24
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 36
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 37
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 38
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 39
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 40
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 41
Phalacrocorax auritus
Cliff Swallow 42
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 24
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 43
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 32
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 44
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Rusty Blackbird 45
Euphagus carolinus
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Molothrus ater
Bobolink 28
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Baltimore Oriole 46
Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole 47
Icterus spurius
Common Grackle 48
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 49
Agelaius phoeniceus
Tufted Titmouse 50
Baeolophus bicolor
Black-capped Chickadee 51
Poecile atricapillus
House Sparrow 52
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 53
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 54
Sturnus vulgaris
Carolina Wren 55
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 2
Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren 2
Troglodytes hiemalis
American Robin 56
Turdus migratorius
Veery 57
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 58
Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 29
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush 39
Catharus ustulatus
Eastern Bluebird 59
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 60
Hylocichla mustelina
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Myiarchus crinitus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 61
Contopus cooperi
Least Flycatcher 62
Empidonax minimus
Willow Flycatcher 28
Empidonax traillii
Acadian Flycatcher 63
Empidonax virescens
Eastern Kingbird 64
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 65
Sayornis phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo 28
Vireo flavifrons
Warbling Vireo 13
Vireo gilvus
White-eyed Vireo 66
Vireo griseus
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Vireo olivaceus
Philadelphia Vireo 29
Vireo philadelphicus
Blue-headed Vireo 63
Vireo solitarius
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 67
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 68
Regulus satrapa
Dark-eyed Junco 69
Junco hyemalis
Lark Sparrow 70
Chondestes grammacus
American Tree Sparrow 71
Spizelloides arborea
Swamp Sparrow 62
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 63
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 58
Melospiza melodia
Clay-colored Sparrow 2
Spizella pallida

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