places to do bird watching nearby

Bird migration season monitoring.

shore birds

• 📌Columbus Park pond 4 acres (fish that are stocked)   [bathymetry]
• the 📌pond at Oak Brook (Central Park) 5 acres
  • It has a lot of lily pads, meaning lots of insects, meaning lots of birds hunting the insects.
  • If you zoom out, you see that there are quite a few small ponds to the east and west of it, so this might be a site that's very attractive to migrating birds, since the many ponds are visible from a ways away.
• pond at 📌Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery 5½ acres
  • Not much cover.

scout out — likely good spots

• the 📌pond next to the Trailside Natural Museum, the size of which may depend on the river levels. 1½ acres [bathymetry]
• river access at 📌Schuth’s Grove
• 📌Salt Creek kayak launch

scout out — less likely to bear fruit

• Forest Home Cemetery — back half, possible river access:
  • lots of logs down
  • partial / weird road spur
  • tiny inlet, next to a clump of trees

resources

• Wetlands Mapper | US Fish & Wildlife Service