Birding with Colin Dobson

THIS TRIP IS SOLD OUT

Join Colin Dobson for a day of birding in Sangamon and Morgan Counties. Meet at 8am in the parking area just south of the Beach House at Lake Springfield. We will start the morning looking for waterfowl and gulls. Afterwards, we will work our way over towards Jacksonville, possibly making a stop at Lake Jacksonville or Mauvaisterre if there are any birds around there.

We will stop for a brief lunch or bathroom break and then go look for Long-eared Owls which have wintered this year at a private location just west of Jacksonville. There are also Eurasian Tree Sparrows at this location.

*A possible extension is to listen for Northern Saw Whet-Owls at Sand Ridge State Park and to look for Northern Shrike on the way at Jim Edgar Panther Creek in Cass County. If interested, please email Colin so he has an idea of numbers for the extension.