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Audubon Great Lakes: Hummingbirds Near Chicago, Illinois
This listing records Audubon Great Lakes in Chicago, Illinois. Local context below comes from the site's state species guide, approved reader reports and published Hummingbird Trail gardens, not chapter programs.
Chapter details
Name: Audubon Great Lakes
City or listed area: Chicago, Illinois
Phone: (312) 453-0230
Hummingbirds near Chicago
The existing state species guide lists Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Statewide occurrence is not a guarantee of a sighting in any particular city.
Approved reader sightings
The state migration guide gives typical arrival as Mid-April – early May and departure as Mid – late September. Arrival tracks the 55°F isotherm as it moves north.
Readers in Illinois have reported 5 approved sightings across the stored reporting dates. Most recently: Ellis Grove on October 11, 2026.
No matching city reports are stored for Chicago. These are statewide reports, not nearest-by-distance results; chapter coordinates are not stored.
Ellis Grove, Illinois: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, October 11, 2026.
Downers Grove Il., Illinois: species not supplied, October 2, 2026.
City not supplied, Illinois: species not supplied, October 1, 2026.
City not supplied, Illinois: species not supplied, September 27, 2026.
Gurnee, Illinois: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, September 22, 2026.
Nearby Trail gardens
Published Trail listings in Chicago.
Plants for this region
Other chapters in Illinois
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