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Chicago area birder. Greene Valley Hawkwatch.
Greene Valley #Hawkwatch

11/25-30 Results
While I was away our team recoded the following:
4-TV
5-Bald Eagle
1- Sharpie
32-Redtail
5-Roughleg
3-Golden Eagle
2-Peregrine
2-Merlin
3-Unknown

They also recorded 6 Whooping Cranes on the final day.
See Hawkcount.org for all results.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Greene Valley #Hawkwatch

11/18 thru 11/24 Results
Several days of no birds.
1-Bald Eagle
1-N Harrier
1-Coop
1-Sharpie
3-Red-shoulder
6-Redtail
1-Rough-leg
1-Merlin

The young Sandhill Crane stayed with us until 11/23 when it joined 2 others heading south.

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AK, RS, SACR
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Recent results from 11/10-11/17.

1-TV
2-N Harrier
5-Bald Eagle
2-Sharp-shinnedHawk
2-Cooper’s Hawk
5-Red-shouldered Hawk
13-Red-tailed Hawk
5-Rough-legged Hawk
1-Golden Eagle
1-Merlin
2-Unknown

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Golden Eagle, Roughleg, Merlin, Kestrel.
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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11/9/25 Results. Cold, mostly cloudy and NNW winds. Most of the time viewed from car. 1400 Sandhill Cranes

4-TV
4-Bald Eagle
11-Red-tailed Hawks
1-Rough-legged Hawk
1-Unknown Buteo

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American Pipit, local eagle
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Two days of few hawks.
11/6/25
1-Red-tailed Hawk
1-Rough-legged Hawk

11/7/25
1-Turkey Vulture

Horned Lark
Flo the Flamingo
Colorado the Bighorn Sheep
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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11/5/25 Results. Strong NW winds and mostly sunny.

3-Bald Eagle
2-N Harrier
1-Sharp-shinned Hawk
1- Red-shouldered Hawk
4-Red-tailed Hawk

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Local Bald Eagle picked up bottle and flew around the hill looking for missing cap.
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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11/4/25 Results. South wind and partly to mostly sunny.

A lone Red-tailed Hawk was the only migrant.
An inversion layer created a Fata Morgana effect along the horizon this morning. The mirage distorted towers and buildings appeared where there were none.
Coop too.
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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11/3/25 Results. Sunny with WNW winds.

43-TV
1-Cooper’s Hawk
1-Red-shouldered Hawk
1-Red-tailed Hawk

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A couple of Red shoulder shots, Snow Bunting and Lapland Longspur
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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11/2/25 Results. SW wind and good sky. Slow day all around.

2-TV
1-Bald Eagle
1-Red-tailed Hawk
1-Unknown

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Local Kestrel, “Wylie the Coati” and Willy the Coyote.
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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11/1/25 Results. Light westerly wind and mostly cloudy.
25-TV
2-Sharpies
2-Red-shoulder
6-Redtail
1-Short-eared Owl

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Having 800mm helped to get these high flying birds.
Common Loon, Short-eared Owl, Lima Lima flight team.
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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10/31/25 Results. WNW winds and variable sky

84-TV
2-Bald Eagle
1-N Harrier
1-Sharpie
1-Red-shouldered
7-Redtail
1-Golden Eagle
1-Kestrel
1-Merlin
1-Unknown

Chocolate the Moose on Frontier Air

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Merlin flight and perch, Kestrel
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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10/29/25 Results. Good sky but ENE winds. Not many raptors between us and the lake.

6-Turkey Vulture
1-Bald Eagle

Better wind tomorrow.

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Redtail, young Bald Eagle, Kestrel, Vesper Sparrow
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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10/28/25 Results. East wind and partly sunny.

1-Turkey Vulture
1-Bald Eagle
2- N Harrier
4-Sharpie-shinned Hawk
1-Cooper’s Hawk
1-Merlin
1-Unknown Buteo

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Merlin, Redtail
October 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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10/27/25 Results. Another sunny, east wind day.
Only migrants were a Sharp-shinned Hawk and a Red-tailed Hawk.
Border Patrol chopper flew over us again today. My salute is shown below.

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Kestrel and flying buddies.
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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10/26/25 Results
Blue dome and east winds.

1-Bald Eagle
2-Red-shouldered Hawk
1-Red-tailed Hawk

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Too cold to wear the new shirt from wearthemout so turned into a seat cover.
A handicapped Kestrel?
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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10/25/25 Results. Mostly cloudy and easterly winds.
1-TV
1-N Harrier
1-Bald Eagle
1-Cooper’s Hawk
1-Red-shouldered Hawk
4-Red-tailed Hawk
1-Merlin

No sighting of border patrol chopper today.

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Harrier, Merlin and Kestrel, Mourning Dove
October 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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10/23/25 Results. Good sky and WNW wind.
227-TV
4- Bald Eagle
3-N Harrier
14- Sharp-shinned Hawk
4-Cooper’s Hawk
1-Red-shouldered Hawk
16-Red-tailed Hawk
2-American Kestrel
2-Merlin
1-Unknown

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Kestrel and Redtail
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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10/22/25 Results. Gray sky and WNW wind.
180-TV
2-Bald Eagle
1-N Harrier
1-Sharp-shinned Hawk
3- Red-shouldered Hawk
1-Red-tailed Hawk
1-Unknown

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Another border patrol chopper flyover today.

Young Harrier and Male Kestrel
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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10/21/25 Results. Westerly winds and mostly cloudy.
9-TV
3-Sharpie
1-Coop
2-Red-Shouldered
7-Redtail
1-Merlin
1-Unknown

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Merlin and another flyover of Noem’s nuts.
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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10/20/25 Results.
Day 50 back to blue skies and south winds.
19-TV
3-Bald Eagle
1-Peregrine Falcon

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Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Cooper’s Hawk
October 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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10/19/25 Results
The Winds of Change. NW wind and good sky. 179 migrants
103-TV
3-Osprey
5-Bald Eagle
5-NHarrier
26-SHarpies
4-Coops
2-Red-shoulder
27-Redtails
1-Golden Eagle
2-Merlin
1-Unknown

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Osprey with lunch. Lapland Longspur
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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10/18/25 results. Slow day with southerly winds.
1-Bald Eagle
2-Cooper’s Hawk
1-Peregrine Falcon

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Protested by myself on this “No Kings” day. I also gave the proper salute to this Border Patrol chopper when it flew over the hill. 🖕🖕
October 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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10/16/25 Results. ESE wind and mostly sunny.

10-Turkey Vulture
3-Bald Eagle
1 -Northern Harrier
3-Sharpie-shinned Hawk
1-Red-tailed Hawk
1-Peregrine Falcon
1- Unknown Raptor

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Peregrine, Coop, and RT attacking young eagle
October 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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10/13/25 Results. We saw few raptors today and none were migrants. Light southerly winds and overcast skies aren’t the conditions the birds want. The other Chicago area sites did no better. We did get to watch the paint dry on the water tower.

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October 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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10/12/25 Results. SE winds and partly cloudy. Someday the weather will change and we will see some birds.

4-TV
2-Bald Eagle
4-Sharp-shinned Hawk
2-Cooper’s Hawk
1-Red-tailed Hawk

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Adult Coop and Redtail
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM