Join in the Illinois State Spring bird count at the Ladd Arboretum count. Beginners welcome.

Meet 7:30 a.m. at the Ladd Arboretum parking lot. 

Leader: Libby Hill

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: Libby Hill

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 

Ryerson has long been a favorite place to find migrating and resident birds. Look for warblers and other spring migrants, plus Pileated Woodpeckers.

Meet at 7:30 a.m at the Brushwood Center parking lot. 

Leader: John. Leonard.  Register with Libby Hill, libbyhill@comcast.net.

Look for warblers and other migrants (and a great display of spring wildflowers). Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the corner of Ewing Avenue and Grant Street.  Park along Ewing Avenue.  

Leader: Tom Younkin

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: Sarah Flax and Betsy Brill