Perkins Woods is a hotspot for warblers and other migrating birds. Look for spring wildflowers, too.

Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the corner of Ewing Avenue and Grant Street; park along Ewing Avenue.

Leader: John Bates

Perkins Woods is a hotspot for warblers and other migrating birds. Look for spring wildflowers, too.

Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the corner of Ewing Avenue and Grant Street; park along Ewing Avenue.

Leader: John Bates

Join us for a morning at Montrose, a premier birding location in Chicago due to its habitat diversity and location along a natural corridor for migrants.

Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the handicapped parking area.  

Leaders:  Nancy Halliday and Libby Hill

Go Green Wilmette partners with the Wilmette Park District to host bird walks at Gillson Park during Spring migration.

Meet at 8 a.m. at the purple martin house next to the Coast Guard station building.

Leader: Varies; for more information contact Annie Wolter, anita3615@aol.com

Emily Oaks has wonderful established trails and a pond. We will be looking for warblers and other late spring migrants.

Meet at 7:30 a.m. in the Emily Oaks Nature Center parking lot, 4650 Brummel Street, Skokie. We will bird outside the Nature Center until it opens at 8:00 a.m.

Leader: John Bates

Look for warblers and other migrating species in this ecologically diverse prairie habitat.

Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the second parking lot that leads to the Interpretive Center.

Leader: Nancy Halliday

Go Green Wilmette partners with the Wilmette Park District to host bird walks at Gillson Park during Spring migration.

Meet at 8 a.m. at the purple martin house next to the Coast Guard station building.

Leader: Varies; for more information contact Annie Wolter, anita3615@aol.com

Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day! Join one of the many events hosted by ENSBC, Evanston Public Library, Ecology Center, and Levy Center:

ENSBC Field Trips--see details on ENSBC website under Field Trip dates of May 7,8,9,10,11

EPL Robert Crown Branch- all week  May 6-11th activities with Craft kits, kid's storytime, and "Why Birds Need Bugs" film; see full listing of events at https://evanston.libnet.info/event/10635583

Ecology Center - 9:30 am-11:am Birding by Boat May 11, contact Ecology Center to register at 847.448.8256

Levy Center- 1:30pm-3:30pm Drawing Birds with the Field Museum

This program will be a special treat for artists and would-be artists. Be inspired by looking closely at real bird specimens.  John Bates, Field Museum Life Sciences Curator, will tell of each bird’s travel and family experience, and Peggy Macnamara, Artist-in-Residence at the Field, will give you simple tips on how to represent each bird correctly.  Art supplies will be provided.  All ages are welcome.  Children under 18 must come with an adult chaperone. The program is free, but registration is required. To register call the Levy Center at 847.448.8250, and provide program code 11359.

These trips pack a great list of warbler species during spring migration.

Meet at 7:30 a.m. at Erickson Woods Forest Preserve parking lot. Turn north into the parking lot from Willow Road, just east of the Eden's Expressway.

Leaders: Ed and Rebecca Rice