The Evanston North Shore Bird Club

Looney Trip

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Please note: Trip full as of March 4.

Join David Johnson for another of his special trips around the Lake County lakes looking for loons, pelicans, ducks, and anything else we can find.

Meeting at 8:30 a.m., Gale Street Inn, parking lot, Mundelein.

Leader: David Johnson

Field Trip: Woodcocks at Air Station Prairie

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Our first opportunity this spring to look for the magical displays of the woodcocks at dusk.

Meet at 6:45 p.m., on the deck of the Tyner Interpretive Center at Air Station Prairie, 2400 Compass Rd., Glenview.

Leaders: Jeff Sanders and Tom Lally

Big Marsh is an extensive urban wetland for water-loving birds including familiar species like Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets and Mallards, as well as lesser-known and highly secretive marsh birds like Virginia Rail, Least Bittern and Common Gallinule. We will walk quite a bit, albeit on paved paths, doing a full loop around the marsh.

Meet 7:30 a.m. at the Ford Calumet Environmental Center.

Leader: Carl Giometti

Field Trip: Waukegan Beach

Friday, May 2, 2025

Field Trip: Waukegan Beach

Friday, May 2, 2025

We will spend the morning birding the beach, swales, and wooded lots of the Waukegan Beach area. On the beach, we will be targeting migrant shorebirds. In the wooded lots and beachfront park, migrant warblers can be abundant on the right day. We will be hiking around 1-2 miles at a birder's pace. Leader will have a scope but you are welcome to bring one. Hiking boots or sneakers are both appropriate, but be prepared for walking on sand. Duration about 3 hours.

Meet at 7:30 a.m. , see pin at https://goo.gl/maps/1QFRdEPAA3J2fEg67

Leader: Adam Sell

Registration is required. Register with Libby Hill at libbyhill@comcast.net

Field Trip: West Ridge Nature Park

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

We will look for spring warblers and other migrants, local raptors, etc.. along the trails of this nearly 22-acre restored woodlands, wetlands and pond.
Meet at 7:30 A.M. at the park entrance at 5801 N. Western Ave, just across from where Ardmore dead-ends into Western Ave. from the west. Free street parking on both sides of Western Avenue.
Leader: Scott Judd

Field Trip: Perkins Woods

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Every Thursday morning in May at we'll look for spring migrants in the woods. Meet at the corner of Ewing and Grant at 7:30.

Leaders: John Bates and sometimes Josh Engel

Field Trip: The Grove, Glenview

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Look for warblers and other migrating species in this diverse habitat of restored woodland with numerous wetlands scattered throughout.

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

Leader: Nancy Halliday

Field Trip: Perkins Woods

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Every Thursday morning in May at we'll look for spring migrants in the woods. Meet at the corner of Ewing and Grant at 7:30.

Leaders: John Bates and sometimes Josh Engel

Field Trip: Skokie Lagoons

Friday, May 16, 2025

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 parking lot from Willow Road, just east of the Eden’s Expressway.

Leaders: Ed and Rebecca Rice

Field Trip: Northwestern University South Campus

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Northwestern University has always been a great migrant trap. Meet at 7:30 a.m. in the open parking lot at the south end of campus just north of the Visitor Center, off of Sheridan Road.

Leaders: Libby Hill and Betsy Brill

Field Trip: Emily Oaks Nature Center

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

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

Field Trip: Perkins Woods

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Every Thursday morning in May at we'll look for spring migrants in the woods. Meet at the corner of Ewing and Grant at 7:30.

Leaders: John Bates and sometimes Josh Engel

Field Trip: Skokie Lagoons

Friday, May 23, 2025

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 parking lot from Willow Road, just east of the Eden’s Expressway.

Leaders: Ed and Rebecca Rice

Field Trip: Northwestern University South Campus

Saturday, May 24, 2025

Northwestern University has always been a great migrant trap.

Meet at 7:30 a.m. in the open parking lot at the south end of campus, just north of the Visitor Center, off of Sheridan Road.

Leaders: Libby Hill and Sarah Flax

Field Trip: Perkins Woods

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Every Thursday morning in May at we'll look for spring migrants in the woods. Meet at the corner of Ewing and Grant at 7:30.

Leaders: John Bates and sometimes Josh Engel

Field Trip: Openlands Nature Preserve, Highland Park

Saturday, May 31, 2025

The Openlands Lakeshore Preserve is home to three unique ecosystems - ravines, bluffs, and lakefront.

We will meet at this parking lot at 7:30 a.m. It's the main parking lot for the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve. If the lot fills up, people can park on the street right next to the lot.

Leader: Josh Engel