Join COS for a trip to Burnham Prairie Nature Preserve to look for various marsh and grassland species, and migrating shorebirds and waders.
Wear sturdy footwear or waterproof boots. Beginning birders are welcome and we will have extra binoculars available.
Due to COVID safety restrictions, we are limiting this walk to 5 people per leader. YOU MUST RSVP IN ADVANCE! THERE WILL BE NO IN-PERSON SIGN UP! Since we will have such small groups, we ask that you contact trip leader or aerin tedesco (aerintedesco@gmail.com) at least 24 hours in advance if you cannot attend.
Please read the safety instructions below CAREFULLY before signing up!!!*
Leaders: Carl Giometti and Matt Igleski
Contact: chicagiometti@gmail.com
Burnham Prairie, 1216 E 139th St Burnham, IL, 60633
Meet in parking lot; enter at E 139th St and S Manistee Ave
https://goo.gl/maps/VJ4ciXNoXZM2
(Googlemaps and other GPS may try to send you down 139th, which is blocked off. Make sure to head east on 140th off of Torrence and the go left on Manistee)
*Safety Instructions: These rules are for community safety, our safety, and for the comfort and peace of mind of those participating.
- Face masks will be required for everyone and should cover both nose and mouth. Anyone without a mask cannot participate in the trip.
- Attendees should be spaced 6 feet apart from each other.
- No car pooling is allowed unless you live in the same household.
- If you are feeling ill and have any symptoms of COVID or have been exposed to anyone who has, we ask you to please not attend.
-The first time anyone deviates from the protocol (too close, no face covering, face covering not properly worn, and so on), the leader will make a request for that individual to get back into compliance. If that individual can't or won't comply, or upon a second deviation from the protocol, leader will ask the individual to leave the walk. If the individual will not leave, the leader will end the walk.