3445 Court Street Pekin
IL 61554
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IOS will be hosting its annual August Shorebirding Weekend on August 24th and 25th, within the Emiquon and Chautauqua Wildlife Refuges. This is one of Illinois’ premier hotspots for migrant shorebirds and is host to numerous shorebirds each season. It’s not uncommon for us to see over 20 species of shorebirds on this trip! In addition to the numerous possibilities of shorebirds, the area also offers a nice assortment of passerines, herons, terns, and waterfowl. We look forward to sharing another weekend with all of you for some great birding! Lunch will be provided at the Dixon Mounds State Museum on Saturday, where we can cool off and relax before we continue birding for the afternoon.
This is a carpooling trip so registrants will be encouraged to carpool from our meeting point Saturday morning at the hotel.
Registration:
$50 for Illinois Ornithological Society members, you must click “Enter Promo Code” and enter your registered email address with IOS in that box to get the discounted tickets.
$85 for non-IOS members.
Included with registration: Lunch and guides for the entire day Saturday, and optional Sunday morning trip for those that want to do a little more birding before heading out.
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Accommodations:
Hotel accommodations are NOT INCLUDED. There are a block of rooms reserved at the Hampton Inn, in Pekin, IL (which is also the daily meeting location). To get the special rate of $149 a night, click this link to reserve online or call directly (309-885-7005) and say they are booking for the “IOS Shorebirding event.” They are holding some rooms until Friday, August 10th, or until our block is all reserved. Don’t delay reserving a room!
Hampton Inn and Suites, Pekin
3445 Court St
Pekin, IL 61554
Phone: (309) 885-7005
https://group.hamptoninn.com/vfv6eu
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Details:
- Participants will be assigned groups after registration. Please list any other individuals in your group on the ticket registration form so that we can keep groups traveling together in the same groups.
- Field trips will be all-day Saturday, August 24th, and optionally the morning of Sunday, August 25th. Trips will be led by local experts to various locations in and around Chautauqua and Emiquon Wildlife Refuges.
- Groups will all meet at the Hampton Inn and Suites, Pekin, IL at 7:00am to carpool to morning birding locations.
- Lunch will be provided at the Dickson Mounds State Museum on Saturday.
- Lodging for this event will be at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Pekin. You may book your rooms for both the 23rd and 24th by reserving online or calling them directly at (309) 885-7005 and booking for the “IOS Shorebirding Event” to get the special rate of $149 per night. Field trips will start at 7:00am on Saturday, so we encourage you to book rooms for both Friday and Saturday evening.
Full itineraries will be provided to everyone prior to the weekend via email, which will include locations of trips, leaders, and contact info for leaders.
Email fieldtrips@illinoisbirds.org with any questions.