The Evanston North Shore Bird Club

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IOS 23rd Annual Gull Frolic

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Illinois Ornithological Society presents the Annual Gull Frolic. 9:30 am, at the Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club, 301 North Point Drive Winthrop Harbor, IL 60096. ENSBC has been a supporter since its inception and will have a display booth.  The featured speaker will be Amar Ayyash, author of the brand new "The Gulld Guide:  North America." For more information and tickets, click here:  23rd IOS Gull Frolic - 2025 Tickets, Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite SOLD OUT!

 

Looney Trip

Sunday, March 30, 2025
 

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.

Register with David Johnson, djohnsoda@comcast.net and Libby Hill libbyhill@comcast.net

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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