Bird AlbumUnited States · Illinois
Greene Valley Forest Preserve
261 species and 184,001 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
American KestrelFalco sparverius
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Elsen's Hill, West DuPage Woods Forest Preserve16 km217 species
- Fermilab16 km288 species
- LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve39 km216 species
- Jackson Park, Chicago – Wooded Island/Bobolink Meadow area41 km291 species
- Jackson Park, Chicago41 km310 species
- Lincoln Park, Chicago – North Pond42 km248 species
All 261 species recorded here
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Greene Valley Forest Preserve?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Greene Valley Forest Preserve?
261 species, from 184,001 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Greene Valley Forest Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-tailed Hawk, Canada Goose, Common Starling, American Goldfinch and American Robin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.