Ryerson Conservation Area
21950 N Riverwoods Rd, Deerfield, IL 60015
USA
Migration is winding down, but late May can still be hopping at this hotspot along the Des Plaines River corridor. This has been one of the few places in Lake County to find nesting Hooded Warblers for the last several years. Resident Pileated and Red-headed Woodpeckers and Barred and Great-horned Owls are other possible highlights at this site, which is both an Illinois Nature Preserve indicating its ecologically high-quality land and a Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Directions: From Deerfield Rd., turn north on Riverwoods Rd., drive to Ryerson entrance. Enter preserve and follow the signs to Brushwood Visitors Center. Meet in the Brushwood parking lot. NOTE: The gates open at 6:30 am.
Leaders: Todd Katz 847-409-7355 and Ethan Ellis 773-218-9288
Please register for the Ryerson 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.