My family and I have gave ourselves a challenge: We were trying to see at least one bird of prey (or bop) a day for as long as we could. We ended our streak with 30 continuous days of actively seeking out and photographing birds of prey. We started and ended with Peregrine Falcons. Below is the list of links and species of bops we saw each day.
Day 1 1.23.24 Jackson Park Inner/Outer Harbors, Chicago, IL 1 Peregrine Falcon
Day 2 1.24.24 Rainbow Beach, Chicago, IL 2 Northern Harriers
Day 3 1.25.24 McCormick Nature Area, Chicago, IL 1 Red-shouldered Hawk
Day 4 1.26.24 Armour Park, Chicago, IL 1 Red-tailed Hawk
Day 5 1.27.24 McKinley Park, Chicago, IL 1 Red-tailed Hawk
Day 6 1.28.24 Peregrine Falcon and Great Horned Owl, Chicago, IL 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Great Horned Owl
Day 7 1.29.24 McKinley Park, Chicago, IL 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Red-tailed Hawk
Day 8 1.30.24 31st Street to McCormick Nature Corridor, Chicago, IL 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 Red-tailed Hawk
Day 9 1.31.24 Bridgeport, Chicago, IL 1 Merlin, 1.31.24 Northerly Island, Chicago, IL 1 Northern Harrier, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1.31.24 Steelworkers Park, Chicago, IL 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 American Kestrel
Day 10 2.1.24 Sherman Park, Chicago, IL 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 2.1.24 Harborside International Golf Course I, Chicago, IL 1 Red tailed Hawk, 2 American Kestrels, and 7 Bald Eagles, 2.1.24 Harborside International Golf Course II, Chicago, IL 1 Merlin, 1 to three Northern Harriers, and 1 Red tailed Hawk, 2.1.24 Big Marsh Park, Chicago, IL 1 American Kestrel, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, and 3 Bald Eagles
Day 11 2.2.24 2.2.24 Calumet Park II, Chicago, IL 3 Red tailed Hawks, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 2.2.24 Eggers Grove, Chicago, IL 1 Red-shouldered Hawk
Day 12 2.3.24 Sherman Park, Chicago, IL 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 2.3.24 Big Marsh Park, Chicago, IL 2 Bald Eagles, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 2.3.24 Rainbow Beach, Chicago, IL 1 Red tailed Hawk, 2.3.24 Steelworkers Park, Chicago, IL 1 American Kestrel, 2.3.24 Killdeer Wetlands I, Tinley Park, IL Multiple Short-eared Owls, 2.3.24 Killdeer Wetlands II, Tinley Park, IL, Multiple Short-eared Owls
Day 13 2.4.24 Calumet Park, Chicago, IL 1 Cooper's Hawk, 2.4.24 Big Marsh Park, Chicago, IL 4+? Bald Eagles, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 American Kestrel, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 2.4.24 Steelworkers Park, Chicago, IL 1 Northern Harrier
Day 14 2.5.24 Bridgeport, Chicago, IL 1 Red-tailed Hawk
Day 15 2.6.24 Armour Park, Chicago, IL 1 Red-tailed Hawk and 1 Cooper's Hawk, 2.6.24 31st Street Harbor I, Chicago, IL 1 Red-tailed Hawk and 1 Red-shouldered Hawk
Day 16 2.7.24 Sherman Park, Chicago, IL 2 Red-shouldered Hawks, 2.7.24 Back of the Yards, Chicago, IL 2 Red-tailed Hawks
Day 17 2.8.24 Sherman Park, Chicago, IL 2 Red-shouldered Hawks
Day 18 2.9.24 Great Horned Owl, Chicago Area Great Horned Owl
Day 19 2.10.24 Owls and more, Wheaton Area 2 Great Horned Owls, 1 Eastern Screech Owl, and 1 Red-tailed Hawk
Day 20 2.11.24 Back of the Yards, Chicago, IL 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 2.11.24 Sherman Park, Chicago, IL 2 Red-shouldered Hawks
Day 21 2.12.24 Highway from Chicago, IL to Sax-Zim Bog, MN 2 Rough-legged Hawks
Day 22 2.13.24 Sax-Zim Bog, MN (I a) Pictured: Rough-legged Hawks, 1 Northern Hawk Owl, and 1 Bald Eagle
Day 23 2.14.24 Sax-Zim Bog, MN (II a) Pictured: Rough-legged Hawks, 1 Northern Hawk Owl, 2 Bald Eagles, and 1 Northern Harrier
Day 24 2.15.24 Highway from Duluth to Sax-Zim Bog, MN Pictured: 5 Bald Eagles, 2.15.24 Sax-Zim Bog, MN (III) Pictured: 1 Snowy Owl and 5 Rough-legged Hawks
Day 25 2.16.24 Sax-Zim Bog, MN (IV) Pictured:1 Snowy Owl
Day 26 2.17.24 Sherman Park, Chicago, IL 2 Red-shouldered Hawks
Day 27 2.18.24 Midlothian Reservoir, Tinley Park, IL 2 Red-tailed Hawks
Day 28 2.19.24 Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge, Fulton County, IL (I) 4 Bald Eagles, 1 Rough-legged Hawk, 1 Northern Harrier, and 3 Red-tailed Hawks
Day 29 2.20.24 Steelworkers Park, Chicago, IL 1 American Kestrel, 2.20.24 Great Horned Owlets, Wheaton area, IL 1 Great Horned Owl and 3 Great Horned Owlets
Day 30 2.21.24 McKinley Park, Chicago, IL 2 Peregrine Falcons
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