Bird Outings
Chicago Bird Alliance has been leading bird walks for over 30 years, in all areas of Chicago, on the north and south sides, and surrounding suburbs. Check out our detailed reports for past walks, and join us for an upcoming walk listed below.
All are welcome! Membership is not required, and people with all experience levels - including no experience - are encouraged to join us. We love to help anyone that is interested in learning about birds and birding.
Wear comfortable clothes and bring binoculars if you can.
We have walks every Saturday morning at Wooded Island in Jackson Park, weather permitting; at North Park Nature Center every Saturday during migration; and at other locations and dates as noted below.
Red Hill Birding will donate $100 to CBA for every member who registers for this tour!
Colombia is famous among birders for having the highest species list of any country in the world— more than 1850 species!
Chicago Bird Alliance has hosted walks at Jackson Park every Saturday, year ‘round (weather permitting), for over 50 years! We traverse a distance of about two miles, walking through Wooded Island and Bobolink Meadow. The walks are free and open to all, and newcomers are warmly welcomed.
Chicago Bird Alliance has hosted walks at Jackson Park every Saturday, year ‘round (weather permitting), for over 50 years! We traverse a distance of about two miles, walking through Wooded Island and Bobolink Meadow. The walks are free and open to all, and newcomers are warmly welcomed.
Join CBA as we venture to DuPage looking for shorebirds and nighthawks! On this trip we will meet at Wood Dale Reservoir, DuPage County's premier shorebirding location about 2 hours before sunset. This will give us plenty of time to walk around the paved trails and check for migratory shorebirds like Least Sandpipers, Semipalmated Sandpipers, yellowlegs, among many others that might drop in during the evening hours. Then as the evening progresses we will stake out a location to watch migratory Common Nighthawks start to head south.