Lake County’s largest forest preserve – made famous last spring for a sighting of the first-ever state record of Painted Redstart – is a great place to check out early spring songbird migration.

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Directions: From westbound Route 176, turn left (south) onto Fairfield Road. Within a 1/4 mile turn right (southwest) onto W. Ivanhoe Road. Do NOT turn left into the Lakewood Forest Preserve parking lot. Continue southwest on Ivanhoe Road about 1/4 mile to the first road on your left (past big white house on corner). This road is gravel and unnamed. Drive down this road to a small parking lot and public toilets. (Map)

Leader: Beau Schaefer 847-337-3602