Registration with the leader is required. Limit 8 participants. Registration for nonmembers opens on March 1.
Van Patten Woods is a Lake County Forest Preserve off I-94 just below the Wisconsin border and features Sterling Lake and the Des Plaines River. Grab your cameras and we’ll stroll a couple miles on crushed gravel trails around the lake to see Common Loons, Horned Grebes and other migrating waterfowl. There will also be plenty of other returning migrants like Song Sparrows and Red-winged Blackbirds establishing their territories. If you just want to relax and enjoy the view there is also a wheelchair accessible floating dock with benches.

It’s an easy, hour-long drive up the tollway. Let me know if you want to meet at the Sterling Lake parking lot or carpool.
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Leader: Elena Nelson, ladylena76@gmail.com