Chickadee, Black-capped***
Description: A common bird throughout the Garden, this year-round resident is most often seen in wooded areas and at bird feeders.
Chat, Yellow-breasted
Description: This rare southern visitor is the largest warbler species in the area and is often heard before being seen.
Catbird, Gray***
Description: More often heard than seen, this member of the mimidae family of birds is usually found in shrubby areas and woodland edges.
Cardinal, Northern***
Description: Although once only a summer visitor from the south, the northern cardinal is now a year-round resident of our area and can be found anywhere at the Garden.
Canvasback
Description: This uncommon large duck may be spotted diving on the lakes.
Bunting, Snow
Description: These tundra-nesters are occasionally seen from late fall through early spring, flying over or scurrying along the gravel paths in the Dixon Prairie.
Bunting, Indigo***
Description: These small, dark blue birds can be found in any shrubby area at the Garden and also where they nest on the edges of McDonald Woods.
Bufflehead
Found in the lakes, this small black-and-white diving duck is distinguished by a big white patch on its head.
Bobolink*
Description: Look in the Dixon Prairie for this grassland bird that, like others of its kind, is no longer common.
Bluebird, Eastern***
Description: Although this brilliantly colored bird nests regularly in the restored woodland, it is most often seen on migration early in spring and late in the fall.