Chicago Quarry HawkWatch

My family and I have started the first recurring HawkWatch in the Chicago city limits! This page is dedicated to all of our visits to Palmisano Park in Bridgeport, Chicago. Also see the Hawkcount site info.

7.11.26 Eastern Kingbird parent with European Mantis Prey


  • 7.11.26 Pictured: Eastern Kingbird family, European Mantis, American Goldfinches, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, American Kestrel, American Herring Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, Turtle, Canada Goose gosling, Golden Northern Bumble Bee, Virginia Mountain Mint, Hoary Vervain.
  • 7.6.26 Pictured: Chimney Swifts, House Sparrow, Eastern Kingbird family, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Double-crested Cormorant, Turtles, Brown Belted Bumblebee and Wild Bergamot, Showy Tick-Trefoil, Common St. John's Wort and Rattlesnake Master, Royal Catchfly.
  • 6.23.26 Pictured: Chimney Swifts (gathering nesting materials), Song Sparrow, Ring-billed Gull, Canada Geese and gosling, Great Blue Heron, Turtles, Algae, Queen-of-the-Prairie, Prairie Dock and wild roses.
  • 6.22.26 Pictured: Double-crested Cormorant, turtles, Black-crowned Night Herons, Canada Goose gosling, Chimney Swifts (gathering nesting materials), Eastern Kingbird, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Algae.
  • 6.20.26 Pictured: Chimney Swifts (gathering nesting materials), Indigo Bunting, Barn Swallow, European Starling, Red-tailed Hawk.
  • 6.15.26 Pictured: Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Cedar Waxwing, Red-winged Blackbird, Barn Swallows, Chimney Swifts, Snapping Turtles, Spiny Softshell Turtles, Red-eared Sliders, and Painted Turtles, Twelve-spotted Skimmer, and Yellow-legged Mud Dauber.
  • 4.10.26 Pictured: Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Red-winged Blackbirds, American Robin, Belted Kingfisher, Double-crested Cormorants, turtle, Bumble Bee.
  • 4.9.26 I Pictured: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Phoebe, Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, European Starling, Downy Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Red-winged Blackbirds, American Robin.
  • 4.9.26 II Pictured: American Kestrel, Ring-billed Gull, Mallards, Canada Goose, Eastern Gray Squirrel with pizza, turtles, Plaines Garter Snake, Bumble Flower Beetle, Prairie Smoke. 
  • 4.1.26 Pictured: Brown-headed Cowbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds, European Starlings, Northern Flicker, American Robin, Song Sparrow, Mallards, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, Flowering Dogwood.
  • 2.18.26 Pictured: House Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, Mallards, Gull.
  • 12.20.25 Pictured: Dark-eyed Juncos, American Robin, Canada Geese, Ice formations in Quarry, Willis Tower landscape.
  • 10.17.25 Pictured: House Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrow, Canada Geese, Woolly Bear Caterpillar, Yellow Woolly Bear Moth, Virginia Creeper.
  • 9.19.15 Pictured: Palm Warbler, House Sparrows, Song Sparrow, Canada Geese, Black Swallowtail, Swamp Rose Mallow, and waterfall images.
  • 9.9.25 Pictured: House Sparrows, American Goldfinches, American Robin, Mallards, Red-winged Blackbird, American Crow, Green Darner, dragonflies, European Mantis, Two-striped Planthopper, Black Swallowtail, Plains Garter Snake, Waterfall landscape, Water Purslane, Virginian Tiger Moth caterpillar, Great St. John's Wort, Illinois Bundleflower with Willis Tower.
  • 9.2.25 Pictured: Mallards, turtles, House Sparrows, Black Swallowtails, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp, Clouded Sulpher, Chinese Mantis, and Ari.
  • 5.5.25 Pictured: American Crows, North American Racer (snake), Canada Geese, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Ring-billed Gulls, House Sparrows, Savannah Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, and Moon.
  • 10.16.24 Pictured at night: Comet A3 or C/2023, moon, night skyline.
  • 10.1.24 Pictured: Dark-eyed Junco, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Palm Warbler, House Sparrows, Northern Flicker, Mallards, and American Crows.
  • 9.5.24 Pictured: Mallard, Chimney Swifts, bats, night view of St.Barbara Catholic Church and Willis Tower.
  • 8.30.24 Pictured at dusk: Black-crowned Night Heron, Chimney Swifts, sunset, and Willis Tower.
  • 5.11.23 Pictured: Ring-billed Gull, American Goldfinches, Red-winged Blackbirds, House Sparrows, Yellow Warbler, Mallard, and Black Swallowtail Butterfly.
  • 4.19.23 Pictured: Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gull, Mallard, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-throated Sparrows and American Goldfinches, Dark-eyed Junco House Sparrows, Field Sparrow, American Kestrel, Turkey Vultures and a cat.