This birding tour will include several birding spots in Lee and Ogle Counties. The trip will begin at Lowell Park (near Dixon). This location is home to breeding cerulean and yellow-throated warblers, yellow-throated vireo, Acadian flycatcher and other woodland birds.
The next stop will be The Nature Conservancy’s Nachusa Grasslands (Franklin Grove) with a species list at 246 and counting. Species here include blue grosbeak, Bell’s vireo, Henslow’s sparrow, bobolink, summer tanager with the possibility of other grassland and shorebird species.
Our last destination will be either Franklin Creek State Park (Franklin Grove) or depending on recent sightings, our tour may conclude with a visit to Lowden-Miller State Forest (Oregon).
Trip Leader: Tom Doig
Cost includes lunch, snacks and water
Cost: $35
Maximum: 12
Henslow sparrow photo by Bob Andrini