last update on where help needed for Saturday's spring count

[ALAN ANDERSON]

If you are thinking of going birding in NE Illinois on Saturday at all, which looks to be a very nice weather day, and likely a decent migration overnight Friday to Saturday, no matter where you go, your sightings can be of importance in the Illinois Spring Bird Count.

 

Local county compilers would love your help:

 

Lake County:  Adam Sell at adamwa...@gmail.com

 

DuPage County:    Joe Suchecki   Dupa...@gmail.com

 

Will Co:  Linda Hickey   linh...@comcast.net

 

Kane County:  John Sproviery   - twee...@gmail.com

 

McHenry County - Jeff Aufmann    -  mcau...@gmail.com 

 

DeKalb County:    Karen Lund     catbir...@gmail.com

 

(others:   https://spring-bird-count.inhs.illinois.edu/resources/county-compilers/  )

 

Cook County - contact me (see below)

 

A number of birders in Cook County have contacted me in the past week, so that all the Priority Areas that had 'lost' folks who weren't able to help in their usual areas this year, now have volunteers willing to check those areas, and all of the main wetlands in the Calumet/SE Chicago are now being 'covered' too. - Thanks to all who volunteered!

 

One last mention of parks, preserves and cemeteries in Cook County where no one has volunteered to count birds in, divided into sections to be easier to pick up if you have free time on Saturday are:

 

2026 Spring Bird Count: Cook County areas where help is still needed as of May 7th.

 

Listed by general section of the county:

 

Northwest Cook County:

 

• Bode Lake FP, Streamwood (2 areas, west and east)

North and near Northwest Cook County:

• Turnbull Woods and Glencoe lakefront park
• Paul Woods FP, Morton Grove
• Lake Glenview, Glenview
• Wayside Woods, Morton Grove
• Lions Woods, Des Plaines
• Northwestern Woods and Campground Road Woods, Des Plaines
• Robinson Woods--Northwest – River Bend Family Picnic Area, Rosemont/Schiller Park
• Memorial Park Cemetery (Skokie)
• Maryhill Catholic Cemetery
• Adalbert Cemetery, Niles
• Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston

 

Chicago areas:

• Any Chicago lakefront parks Foster Avenue north to Loyola Park
• (any or all of: Foster Beach and Dunes, Berger Park, Hartigan Beach, Chicago Park 559, Lane Beach, Osterman Beach Dunes Natural Area, Edgewater Dog Park
• Robinson Woods South
• Irving Park Cemetery and Acacia Park Cemetery (Irving Park Road)
• Harold Washington Park (different than Washington Park)
• Dan Ryan Wood Forest Preserve

Central Cook:

• Portage Woods
• Ottawa Trail Woods
• Cermak Woods
• Elmwood and St. Joseph Cemeteries, Elmwood Park
• Carmel Cemetery, Hillside

 

Southwest Cook County:

• Spears Woods
• Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve
• Arie Crown and Theodore Stone Forests (LaGrange Road)
• Hickory Hills Woods Forest Preserve

 

South Cook County:

 

• Wampum Lake, Brownell Woods, Glenwood Woods South
• King’s Grove Woods (west side woods and east side grasslands)
• Sauk Trail Woods FP and Lake (numerous entries)
• Schubert’s Woods

Even if going out birding is a last morning decision, you'll still be able to contribute to this long time volunteer Citizen Science event.

 

Sincerely,

Alan Anderson, casre...@comcast.net   Des Plaines