Early Morning Bird Walks at Big Marsh Park
Mon 5 Oct, 06:30 · Big Marsh Park, 11559 S. Stony Island Ave., South Deering · Chicago
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via Chicago Park District · Checked 4 Oct 2026
About this event
The Chicago BIPOC Birders lead a dawn walk across Big Marsh, a reclaimed industrial wetland on the far South Side that is now one of the city's best migration stopovers. October is peak passage, so expect warblers, sparrows and raptors moving through over the slag and the reeds.
Why we picked it
Peak autumn migration with a local birding group, on a site that was a steel-industry dumping ground a decade ago.
Free entry
Event Fee listed as $0.00 on the Chicago Park District event page
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