Van Patten Woods – Wadsworth

When:
April 29, 2025 @ 7:00 am
2025-04-29T07:00:00-05:00
2025-04-29T07:15:00-05:00
Where:
Van Patten Woods
Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve
Route 173, Wadsworth, IL 60083
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Rena Cohen and Susan Lamberts
847-971-1107
Van Patten Woods - Wadsworth @ Van Patten Woods | Wadsworth | Illinois | United States

This underbirded migrant hotspot was Lake County’s first forest preserve, created in 1961, and features three miles of easy-walking dirt and grass trails along oak forest and wetlands. We’ll be looking for the first wave of landbird migrants – potentially arriving earlier than usual due to climate change.

With two leaders, this trip offers two choices. Either walk the whole three-mile loop out and back with one leader or take a shorter one-mile-out-one-mile-back route with the other. The shorter route will take about two hours.

As always, this trip is open to both beginners and experienced birders.

Directions: From US 41 North, turn east on Rte. 173. Drive 0.1 miles and turn left (north) into the preserve. Park in the first parking lot on your right.

Leaders: Rena Cohen 847-971-1107 and Susan Lamberts

Please register for the Van Patten Woods field trip here so that we can get a head count and contact you in the event of a date change due to weather conditions.