by NIAS | Apr 28, 2024
Spring Prairie Blooms at Elkhorn Creek
Tuesday, May 21, 10 a.m. – noon
Coordinator: Mary Blackmore 815-938-3204
Carpool from the Harbor Freight lot in Freeport at 9:30 a.m.
Enjoy the beauty of blooming spring prairie species at our Elkhorn Creek Biodiversity Preserve. We’ll stroll the trails looking for anything in bloom, but especially Cream Wild Indigo and Violet Wood Sorrel. There also should be plenty of birds to observe, perhaps even some late migrants. Trails can be steep with some uneven ground.
If weather is questionable, call Mary.
by NIAS | Apr 28, 2024
Field Trip – Spring Bird Walk
May 29 – Bird Walk, 8-11 a.m.
Leader: Mary Blackmore (815-938-3204)
NIAS Silver Creek Biodiversity Preserve and the Bald Hill Prairie, rural Leaf River. We’ll walk the mowed trails (uneven ground in some places) of Silver Creek’s woodlands and grasslands. For the last hour we will visit the nearby Bald Hill Prairie where we should be treated to displaying Bobolinks. Carpool at 7:15 a.m.
by NIAS | Apr 28, 2024
Field Trip – Spring Bird Walk
May 20 – Bird Walk, 8-11 a.m.
Leader: Juliet Moderow (201-233-0946)
Krape Park, Freeport. We’ll meet in the parking lot by the dam and walk the paved path along Yellow Creek and then on some of the road shoulder downstream to the pedestrian bridge. Restrooms are in the park.
by NIAS | Apr 28, 2024
Field Trip – Spring Bird Walk
May 17 – Bird Walk, 8-11 a.m.
Leader: Richard Benning (815-865-5279)
Harry and Dorothy Espenscheid Forest Preserve northeast of Freeport. A variety of habitats will be explored including forest, savanna and the riparian areas of Rock Run Creek. There are a few steep portions of the mowed trail and the surface can be uneven. Carpool at 7:30 a.m.
by NIAS | Apr 27, 2024
Field Trip – Spring Bird Walk
May 9 – Bird Walk, 8-11 a.m.
Leader: Mary Blackmore (815-938-3204)
NIAS Elkhorn Creek Biodiversity Preserve, rural Forreston. We’ll walk the mowed trails through grasslands, woodland and wetlands. The trails have some steep sections and the ground is often uneven. Carpool at 7:30 a.m.
