Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve
Route 173, Wadsworth, IL 60083
USA
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.