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Most common winter feeder birds in Lake County

Northern cardinal

Dark-eyed junco

Downy woodpecker

Red-bellied woodpecker

Black-capped chickadee

White-breasted nuthatch

American goldfinch

Blue jay

Mourning dove

House finch

House sparrow (non-native)

European starling (non-native

Uncommon to rare winter feeder birds in Lake County

Hairy woodpecker

Northern flicker

Tufted titmouse

Red-breasted nuthatch

Common redpoll

Eastern towhee

American tree sparrow

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Fox sparrow

White-throated sparrow

Red-winged blackbird

Brown-headed cowbird

Evening grosbeak

*Information from Illinois Ornithological Society and Illinois Natural History Survey

Sheryl DeVore is a freelancer for the News-Sun