The Camp Pine stewards want to know where the birds are. This Patch Chat is a twofer - bird this beautiful spot to share your sightings with the stewardship team and to prepare for our Patch Chat Zoom discussion!
Here’s how the Patch Chat works:
Bird our selected birding hotspot, using the maps and info we provide. Then, join us for an online Zoom discussion where we chat about the birds we all saw or heard, and how the habitat welcomes them.
Each Chat will also feature ID tips and finding info for some of the special birds of the hotspot and a birdsong quiz. New and experienced birders will enjoy these programs.
This week we’re birding Camp Pine Woods in Glenview, a site with a fascinating history and an active shrubland and woodland restoration project.
Here’s how the Blitz works:
We are restoring habitat for shrubland birds, and we need to know how well the birds like what we’re doing. If you can visit any time before July 12, you can help the stewards and bird monitors figure out where the rare birds are nesting. It’s easy - use our map to explore the site. Then enter all your sightings into eBird and send us a location or map of where you see any birds of concern with notes on their nesting behavior. Can you figure out where the blue-winged warblers, the field sparrows or the cuckoos have their nest? When you register for the Patch Chat, we will send you Blitz instructions too with a map and a list of birds of concern.
Note: the parking lot has been closed off due to COVID-19. If the lot is closedwhen you want to visit, the closest access is to park at Lake Avenue Woods West on Des Plaines River Road north of Lake and to walk across Lake to the preserve. Another option is to park at Beck Lake and take the green trail west to the yellow trail north to the site.
Join our Patch Chat on June 28 with a great bunch of people.
Ken Shaefer and Alex Landberg, site stewards
John Elliott and Judy Pollock from the Chicago Audubon Society and Stephanie Beilke from Chicago Ornithological Society
Jerry Attere, River Trail Nature Center
Birder Pat Miller
We will virtually explore this historic site and learn about the habitat restoration. The stewardship team will share its creative ideas to remove invasive shrubs and restore native shrubs while retaining habitat for the rare nesting birds at the site.
Visit our Birding Hotspots page for more information and a map
We’ll visit a new patch every second and fourth Sunday at 6; grab your dinner and your favorite drink and chat with us! Patch Chat is co-sponsored by Chicago Audubon Society and Chicago Ornithological Society!
