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FIELD TRIP: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (NORTH CAMPUS)

Saturday, October 11, 2025

We’ll start at the North End of Campus looking for migrants.  We may explore the wooded area and the dunes near Lincoln Street, and then head south on campus.  

Meet 7:30 a.m. at the end of Campus Drive.  Turn east off of Sheridan Road at Lincoln Street and follow Campus Drive around the athletic building all the way to the end. Park at the farthest parking lot.

Leaders: Libby Hill and Sarah Flax

 

 

TRIP TO JAMAICA: ISLAND ENDEMICS & CARIBBEAN SPECIALTIES

Thursday, January 29, 2026

January 29-February 5, 2026 

Jamaica is the third largest island in the Caribbean and one of the most endemic-rich. With 28 endemic species and many more endemic subspecies, Jamaica is a great destination for birders to experience the unique ecology of island birds in comfortable settings and at a relaxed pace. We will visit the Blue and John Crow Mountains and unique habitats like coastal scrub, lowland forest, and epiphyte-laden cloud forest. We have a great chance of seeing all of the island’s endemic birds, including difficult ones like Crested Quail-Dove and Jamaican Blackbird and the two iconic species of streamertail hummingbirds. The pace will be relaxed, the Blue Mountain coffee will flow, and the excellent Jamaican food will be a perfect complement to our week of island birding.  

Three spaces open.

 

For more information, contact info@redhillbirding.com

 

Field Trip: Gull Frolic

Sunday, February 15, 2026

The Gull Frolic is a unique winter event at Illinois’ premier gull-watching hotspot, North Point Marina. Bring your binoculars, scope and cold weather gear, and join birders outside of the yacht club to enjoy a close study of some of our harder-to-find winter species.

More details to come.