Sign up for bird watching programs this summer
Enjoy the changing seasons as you hike, look, and listen for the birds inhabiting the local forest preserves this summer.
Forest Preserve District naturalists will cover basic bird identification skills and share a few interesting stories along the way during "Summer Bird Watching."
They are offering two identical sessions of this program.
The first program will be 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, June 10, at Burnidge Forest Preserve, 14N035 Coombs Road in Elgin.
The second program will be 9 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at Muirhead Springs Forest Preserve, 42W797 Rohrsen Road in Hampshire.
Advance registration is required for these free, all-ages programs.
To register, call (630) 444-3190 or email programs@kaneforest.com.
For information on more programs and the amenities at the local preserves, visit www.kaneforest.com.
Follow the district on social media by searching @forestpreserve on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.