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Birding Spots

Northwest Region

Colored Sands Forest Preserve
Hononegah Forest Preserve
Laona Heights Forest Preserve
Nygren Wetlands
Sugar River Forest Preserve
Sugar River Alder Forest Preserve

Northeast Region

Clayton Andrews Forest Preserve
Kieselburg Forest Preserve
Rock Cut State Park

Southwest Region

Anna Page Park
Four Lakes Forest Preserve
Fuller Memorial Forest Preserve
Kilbuck Bluffs Forest Preserve
Klehm Arboretum/Forest Preserve
Pecatonica River Forest Preserve
Pecatonica Wetlands Forest Preserve
Severson Dells Forest Preserve
Seward Bluffs Forest Preserve

Southeast Region

Blackhawk Springs Forest Preserve
Deer Run Forest Preserve
Espenscheid Memorial Forest Preserve
Indian Hills Forest Preserve
Kishwaukee Gorge North Forest Preserve
Kishwaukee Gorge South Forest Preserve
Kishwaukee River Forest Preserve
Oak Ridge Forest Preserve
Rockford Rotary Forest Preserve
Seth B. Atwood Park

Privately Owned Preserves

Callaway Nature Preserve

Featured Birding Spot

Rock Cut State Park At over 3,000 acres, this is the biggest birding spot and also one of the best. In the spring and summer months there are many warblers, vireos, flycatchers, tanagers, orioles, and more. Look especially for Cerulean and Yellow-throated Warblers, two nesting birds in the park. Full article on Rock Cut State Park

Related Birding Websites

Top 5 Summer Spots

  1. Deer Run Forest Preserve
  2. Anna Page Park
  3. Sugar River Alder Tract
  4. Seward Bluffs
  5. Rock Cut State Park

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