Once home to a large evergreen nursery with many of the trees still standing today, this Lake County Forest Preserve provides varied habitat ranging from pine grove to prairie and oak woodland. It is one of the few places in our area that has hosted nesters like Blue-winged Warblers in recent years, and late May should also yield other breeding birds as well as lingering spring migrants.

Directions: The entrance to Lyons Woods is located at the corner of Blanchard and Sheridan Roads, north of Bowen Park and south of York House Road.

Leader: Nancy Tikalsky 773-655-0269

Please register for the Lyons Woods walk HERE so that we can get a headcount and contact you in the event of a date change due to weather conditions.

With its mix of shrubland, marsh, grassland, black oak savanna, dunes and beachfront, the North Unit is a great spot to see lingering neotropical migrants as well as breeding birds. Special sightings here at this time of year have included Yellow-breasted Chat, Dickcissel, Bobolink, Henslow’s Sparrow and Sedge Wren. Note that we’ll be taking the South Trail beginning in the North Point Marina area at Winthrop Harbor (not the main park entrance in Zion).

Directions: We will meet at the north end of IBSP in Winthrop Harbor accessed from 7^th Street (NOT at the 17^th Street entrance in Zion). From Sheridan Road/Route 137, turn east on 7th Street. Follow 7th Street toward North Point Marina. At the stop sign, turn right and then, almost immediately, turn right into the fisherman’s parking lot.

Leaders: Charlotte Pavelka and Doug Reitz 847-347-8416

Please register for the walk HERE so that we can get a headcount and contact you in the event of a date change due to weather conditions.