Animals and Birds

In a year 2000 study conducted by the Lake County Lakes Management Unit the following wildlife and bird species were observed on Countryside Lake:

Birds

Pied-billed Grebe+ Podilymbus podiceps

Double Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus

Mute Swan Cygnus olor

Canada Goose Branta canadensis

Mallard Anas platyrhnchos

Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis

Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

Green Heron Butorides striatus

Red-shouldered Hawk* Buteo lineatus

Unknown Sandpiper Calidris sp.

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Mammals

Beaver Castor canadensis

Woodchuck Marmota monax

Reptiles

Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta

Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina * Threatened in Illinois