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 7th Street (NOT at the 17th 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.