Ryerson Conservation Area
21950 N Riverwoods Rd, Deerfield, IL 60015
USA
This hotspot along the Des Plaines River corridor is a great migrant trap that can be filled with fall warblers, lingering flycatchers and other landbirds winging their way south at this time of year. Resident Pileated and Red-headed Woodpeckers and Barred and Great-horned Owls are other possible highlights at this site, which is both an Illinois Nature Preserve indicating its ecologically high-quality land and a Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Directions: From Deerfield Rd., turn north on Riverwoods Rd., drive to Ryerson entrance. Enter preserve and follow the signs to Brushwood Visitors Center. Meet in the Brushwood parking lot. NOTE: The gates open at 6:30 am.
Leader: Beau Schaefer (847) 337-3602
Please register for the Ryerson trip here so that we can get a head count and contact you in the event of a date change due to weather conditions.