Bird Watching Guides and Trips
Trips
Spring
came early this year. The Great Blue
Heron are visible, flying over the Danada Forest Preserve. I work nearby and I see them every day, so decided
to go for a short hike along the regional trail to the stand of trees where the
Herons are nesting.
The
trail begins at the parking for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County main
offices. It’s a relatively short
walk. If you don’t know what you are
looking for, you will walk...
Bird Watching at Nelson Lake - White Pelicans?!
Batavia, Illinois, United States
Bird Watching | 0.0 miles
Bird Watching | 0.0 miles
Spring is here, and it is exciting! The White Pelicans are migrating and they've arrived at our nearby Forest Preserve. Their arrival is was publicized on the local TV, radio and news papers. For the 12th year in a row, they visited Nelson Lake Marsh, part of the Dick Young Forest Preserve in Batavia -- in Kane County, part of the West Suburban area of Chicago. They only stay a week...
It’s
spring!! The rookery in the nearby
Danada Forest Preserve has dozens of Great Blue Heron nests, and I went for a
visit.
The parking
is at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County main offices. You follow the walking trail and stop at the
second big stand of trees: the trees
with all of the Great Blue Heron nests! You
can’t really get too close; the trees are in a shallow marsh area with water
about 6 inches deep. The...
Bike Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge -- Baby Eagles!!
Sanibel, Florida, United States
Bird Watching | 13.1 miles
Bird Watching | 13.1 miles
It was a windy morning, too windy to go kayaking, so we decided to go for a bike ride through the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. We started at the Tarpon Bay bike bike rental, headed West on Sanibel-Captiva Road, entered Ding Darling, followed the Wildlife Road path, then looped around and headed back.This morning, it was low tide and there were lots of birds: White Pelicans, Great Egrets, Great Blue Heron,...
