Great Egrets at Lockport Prairie on a 2007 brown bag hike. Photo by Joyce Flanagan | 
Bobbi Asher gives a presentation on Cranes of Siberia at the September 2008 meeting. |
2010 WCAS Events
Members and nonmembers welcome
For additional information on upcoming field trips please contact Ruth Meyer. Home: 815-722-4275 or Cell: 815-228-4492.
Please note: Last minute field trip changes are possible. Any such changes will be mentioned at the WCAS Thursday monthly meeting prior. Return times from field trip are approximate. |
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| Saturday Jan 16, 2010 | Lock & Dam#13, Fulton, IL. If temperatures are very cold, this will be a great place to see numerous eagles. Check the weather at Lock & Dam 13. | Depart – 7:00AM from Cracker Barrel Restaurant parking lot I-80 & Houbolt Rd. Return around 5 PM. This will be an every other year trip.
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January 23-24, 2010
| Bald Eagle Watch Weekend
Starved Rock Lodge and Illinois Waterway Visitor Center | More details... | Saturday Feb 20, 2010
| Gull Frolic, Winthrop Harbor Yacht Club. Lots of great gull and duck watching. A small fee includes lunch & Program. Dress warmly, but lots of room for inside viewing. | Depart – 7:00 AM return about 4:00 PM from Macy’s 3340 Mall Loop Dr. north side parking lot – I-55 & Rt. 30. | Saturday Mar 13, 2010 | McHenry Dam and areas. The 1690 acre Moraine Hill State Park is a mosaic of wooded moraines, bogs, open fields, lakes, marshes and more. | Depart – 7:00AM from Macy’s north side parking lot I-55 & Rt. 30. Return around 1:00 PM.
| Saturday Apr 10, 2010 | Lincoln Marsh & Cantigny, Wheaton area. We will check out Lincoln Marsh and then on to Cantigny, which is part of the McCormick Museum. The will be a charge to enter and we may have lunch there. | Depart – 7:00AM from Macy’s north side parking lot I-55 & Rt. 30. Return around 1:00 PM. | Saturday May 15, 2010 | Best of Chicago birding areas – Magic Hedge / Wooded Island, migration bonanza! | Depart – 7:00AM from Macy’s north side parking lot I-55 & Rt. 30. |
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