eBird Hotspot: Emily Oaks Nature Center, Skokie, Cook County, IL, US
Located at 4650 Brummel Street, Skokie, this Skokie Parks District property is a 13-acre oak woodland, with scattered savanna and prairie patches. The woodland habitat attracts woodpeckers, thrushes, warblers, orioles and bluebirds, depending on the season. The 3-acre Kessem Pond attracts a variety of water birds and waders, such as Wood Ducks, Solitary Sandpipers and Great Blue and Black-crowned Night Herons.
The site has wheel-chair accessible, paved walking paths. The Skokie Valley bike trail passes immediately west. The nature center offers a wide variety of activities for children and adults, an ever-changing exhibition of nature-themed artistic works and a log of bird sightings.