Events

Pre-registration with the leader is required, limit 15 participants. On this morning trip we will be searching for summer residents including sparrows, wrens, and marsh birds. Meet in the Pickerel Lake parking lot off Powis Road.Leader: Henry Meade. Please register with kathleenreeves22@yahoo.com.

Pre-registration with the leader required, limit 10 participants. This is a field trip for anyone who finds the long walks of our regular field trips too difficult or who would just like a less vigorous birding experience, but still share the camaraderie of fellow birders. Bring your folding lawn chairs, binoculars, and field guides. We will be birding at the Herrick Lake West Shelter. Meet at the parking lot located on the east side Herrick Road south of Butterfield (Hwy 56). Drive all the way to the end of the parking lot, the shelter is on the right. The lot […]

Pre-registration with the leader required, limit 20 participants. Meet at the second-highest point in DuPage County for grassland birds and lunch. At 11:15, we’ll gather and walk on grass around the parking lot and up to the glider hill in search of grassland birds. Bring your own lunch and a chair so we can eat together around 12 or 12:30 pm. RSVP so you can get a drink and dessert. The driveway to the overlook can be found on the west side of Greene Road, just south of the parking lot on the west side of Greene Rd. The overlook […]

Pre-registration required with the leader, limit 6 participants. We’ll start at the Greene Rd. parking lot and head east to the fluddle, and then bike south to Whalon Lake. Leader will have a scope in case we see shorebirds or waterfowl.Leader: Vicky Sroczynski, VSroczynski@comcast.net Questions? Call or text 630-297-9512.

Pre-registration with the leader is required, limit 10 participants. We hope to see summer residents, waterfowl, grassland birds, and raptors. Meet at the visitor parking lot on the north side of Mack Rd., located between Winfield Rd. and Rt. 59 in Warrenville. Most of our walk will be on limestone and earthen trails. Bring bug spray. If the temperature is higher than 89F at 7 am, we will cancel the trip (it is a long, hot walk in the open fields).Leaders: Steve and Kathy Mineck, kmineck@yahoo.com, (day of: 630-254-4077)

Pre-registration required with the leader, limit 10 participants. This preserve (3S580 Naperville Rd, Wheaton, IL 60189) has open grasslands with a few ponds. We will look for grassland birds, shrubland birds, raptors, and some other possibilities in the ponds. Plan to walk 3 - 4 miles on limestone and uneven grass trails.Leader: Nancy Allured, nallured@comcast.net

Pre-registration with the leader is required, limit 20 participants. This will be a walk for birders of all levels. We will walk along the Salt Creek in the lowland woods with good habitat for birds. Meet at the main parking lot on Spring Road in Oak Brook.Leaders: Andrew and Rebecca Steinmann, 708-533-6604, asteinmann@ameritech.net

Pre-registration with the leader is required, limit 15 participants. A bird walk to the DuPage River confluence, where the east and west branches meet. We’ll look for summer residents in the woods, fields, and on the water, so prepare for some sun, heat, and a few bugs! New birders welcome. Trails are mostly level and are grass/dirt, with some paved. Meet at the parking lot on 336 Knoch Knolls Rd., Naperville. Google Maps link.Leader: Steve Constantelos, 630-890-8956, steve.constantelos@gmail.com