This Cook County forest preserve provides excellent birding opportunities in the early spring before the trees leaf out, often yielding an abundance of warblers and other passerines. Most of the trails offer easy walking, but trails along the north branch of the Chicago River where many birds tend to hang out can be muddy and require a short walk down to the river, so be sure to wear good trail shoes.

This is a limited-capacity trip because of the narrow river trail and extensive restoration work elsewhere in the preserve that requires careful walking. Priority to Lake/Cook members.

Directions: From the Kennedy Expressway, take exit 41C to Cicero Avenue and drive south to the light at Foster Ave. Turn left (east) and then left into the Irene Hernandez Picnic Grove lot on Foster.

Leader: Ethan Ellis 773-218-9288

Please register for the LaBagh Woods field trip here so that we can get a head count and contact you in the event of a date change due to weather conditions.