Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Celebrating the surprising biodiversity of a county sometimes relegated to being thought of as just cornfields! Will be adding to this incrementally with confirmed observations of all forms of life in Lee County, using sources such as INHS, several guides, natural area catalogs, and of course ...more ↓

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Golden Eagle ¹
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ²
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ³
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ⁴
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ⁵
Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk ⁶
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk ⁷
Buteo lagopus

Red-shouldered Hawk ⁸
Buteo lineatus

Broad-winged Hawk ⁹
Buteo platypterus

Bald Eagle ¹⁰
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Golden Eagle 1 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 2 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 3 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 5 Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk 6 Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk 7 Buteo lagopus

Red-shouldered Hawk 8 Buteo lineatus

Broad-winged Hawk 9 Buteo platypterus

Bald Eagle 10 Haliaeetus leucocephalus