Wildlife at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Illinois is a US national wildlife refuge — which animals are recorded there, how likely you are to see each one, and the best season to visit. Live data from eBird and iNaturalist.

Birds regularly recorded nearby

• Lesser Scaup — reported on 40% of nearby checklists
• Ruddy Duck — reported on 40% of nearby checklists
• Pied-billed Grebe — reported on 40% of nearby checklists
• American Crow — reported on 40% of nearby checklists
• Ring-billed Gull — reported on 40% of nearby checklists
• Great Blue Heron — reported on 40% of nearby checklists
• Red-shouldered Hawk — reported on 40% of nearby checklists
• Carolina Wren — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• European Starling — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• House Finch — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Red-winged Blackbird — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Northern Cardinal — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Domestic Goose Sp. X Canada Goose (hybrid) — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Canada Goose — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Mallard — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• American Coot — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Horned Grebe — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Double-crested Cormorant — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Neotropic Cormorant — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• American White Pelican — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• American Black Duck — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Northern Harrier — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Gadwall — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• Hooded Merganser — reported on 20% of nearby checklists
• American Tree Sparrow — reported on 20% of nearby checklists

Percentages are the share of eBird checklists in the surrounding county reporting each species — a county-wide signal, not a park-level guarantee.

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