THIS TRIP IS NOW FULL
This adventure originates and ends at the Savanna Inn and Suites
101 Valley View Rd, Savanna, Illinois, 61074
Friday, May 2, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Evening Birding at Lost Mound National Wildlife Refuge
Meet at the Savanna Inn and Suites. Evening birding occurs at Lost Mound National Wildlife Refuge on the Mississippi River. We will listen for—and hopefully see—owls and Eastern Whip-poor-wills. Dinner will be on our own, but we can coordinate meeting in Savanna before heading to Lost Mound. Snacks and water will be available.
Saturday, May 3, 6:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Mississippi Palisades, Ayres Sand Prairie, and Lock & Dam 13
Breakfast at the hotel. Our first stop is the beautiful forest of Mississippi Palisades State Park. Target species are Cerulean, Kentucky, and Yellow-throated Warblers and other migrants.
After Mississippi Palisades, the next stop is Ayres Sand Prairie and the adjacent Tri-Township Airport to look for Loggerhead Shrike, one of the few places where the species hangs on in northern Illinois.
Our last stop is Lock & Dam 13. Here migrant ducks sometimes linger into May, migrant terns forage over the wetlands, Common Gallinule and Sandhill Crane breed, and Eurasian Tree Sparrows are resident.
We plan to return to Savanna Inn and Suites by 12:00 p.m.
A block of rooms has been set aside at Savanna Inn and Suites:
101 Valley View Rd, Savanna, Illinois, 61074, 815.273.2288.
The block is reserved under Illinois Audubon Society. Please call before April 2 to receive the group rate.
Trip Leaders: Tom Doig, Matt Hayes
Cost of trip includes snacks and water.
Maximum Field Trip Capacity: 12
Cost: $40