Best spot in Chicagoland for Black Terns, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Common Gallinules and more.
Directions:
From IL 137 (Buckley Rd.), turn slight right onto W. Peterson Rd., right onto IL 60, left onto IL 120/Belvidere Rd., right onto N. Richmond Rd./IL 31, and left onto Harts Rd. into preserve. Meet at the first parking lot on right.
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If you’ve never seen Atlantic Puffins, Black Guillemots, Razorbills, Common Eiders or boreal birds like Spruce and Ruffed Grouse, Boreal Chickadee and Black-backed Woodpecker, here’s your chance! Led by Red Hill Birding’s Josh Engel, we’ll be exploring Acadia National Park on the coast plus the boreal forests near the border with New Brunswick, Canada. We also expect to see many birds on their breeding grounds that we know only as migrants, including 20+ species of warbler.
Maximum attendance is 14. Members only. Price is $1420 (double occupancy) plus airfare. Email renabird3@gmail.com for an itinerary and to register.
Bird Illinois Beach State Park South, BYO picnic dinner, and go Whip-poor-willing after dark.
Directions
From US-41, turn east on Wadsworth Rd., drive 2 miles into the park, park in Nature Center lot.
Leader: CiCi Birnberg 847-945-8500