May is the month for songbird migration. Join a skilled birder on one of the multiple walks this day along the Des Plaines River. By using Citizen Science, you can help locate and count the total number of species and the total number of birds seen on the walk. We will teach techniques on how to identify birds using your eyes and ears. Bring binoculars if you have them.

May is the month for songbird migration. Join a skilled birder on one of the multiple walks this day along the Des Plaines River. By using Citizen Science, you can help locate and count the total number of species and the total number of birds seen on the walk. We will teach techniques on how to identify birds using your eyes and ears. Bring binoculars if you have them.

This walk is geared toward beginner birdwatchers. May is the month for songbird migration. Join a skilled birder on one of the multiple walks this day along the Des Plaines River. By using Citizen Science, you can help locate and count the total number of species and the total number of birds seen on the walk. We will teach techniques on how to identify birds using your eyes and ears. Bring binoculars if you have them.

May is the month for songbird migration. Join a skilled birder on one of the multiple walks this day along the Des Plaines River. By using Citizen Science, you can help locate and count the total number of species and the total number of birds seen on the walk. We will teach techniques on how to identify birds using your eyes and ears. Bring binoculars if you have them.

May is the month for songbird migration. Join a skilled birder on one of the multiple walks this day along the Des Plaines River. By using Citizen Science, you can help locate and count the total number of species and the total number of birds seen on the walk. We will teach techniques on how to identify birds using your eyes and ears. Bring binoculars if you have them.

May is the month for songbird migration. Join a skilled birder on one of the multiple walks this day along the Des Plaines River. By using Citizen Science, you can help locate and count the total number of species and the total number of birds seen on the walk. We will teach techniques on how to identify birds using your eyes and ears. Bring binoculars if you have them.

Children will learn about spring birds through different hands-on activities and stations.

On this collaborative walk, join an environmental educator and history educator to explore Grant Woods and learn about both the land and the people who have lived here.

Move your kids outdoors for unstructured seasonal play, proven healthful and beneficial. Celebrate seasonal fun outdoors. Build mini habitats for toy animals and use natural materials and your imagination for creation. Try fort building, mud creations or other seasonal activities. Nature provides infinite possibilities to express creativity. See how nature ignites a spark in everyone.

May is the month for songbird migration. Join skilled birders on these walks. Bring binoculars if you have them.

Join us for an opportunity to see the amazing courtship flight of the male American woodcock as he performs his areal courtship flight in the evening in the springtime marsh.

May is the month for songbird migration. Join skilled birders on these walks. Bring binoculars if you have them.

Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!

Join a naturalist and take a leisurely stroll through this beautiful preserve. Learn about the history of this site and take a close look at some of the interesting plants and animals that we come upon.

Join us as we stroll through a portion of Ryerson which features some of the best spring wildflowers in the county. You'll learn not only how to identify them, but we will also touch on the plant's adaptations and lore.