Fulton-Mason Eagle Day
Join us for the annual Fulton-Mason Eagle Day event. Activities include live raptor programs, hands-on activities and crafts for kids, and bird watching in various locations in Lewistown and Havana, Illinois.
Event highlights include:
World Bird Sanctuary’s Raptor Awareness programs will be held at 1:00pm and 3:00pm in the Dickson Mounds auditorium. Tickets will be available on a first come, first served basis, beginning at 9:00 am at Dickson Mounds the day of the event. Tickets cannot be reserved in advance. Seating is limited.
Warming station and wildlife viewing at The Nature Conservancy’s Emiquon Preserve Wetland Observatory, off Hwy 97/78, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Guided hike up The Nature Conservancy’s Ridge Trail. Meet promptly at 10:00 a.m. at the Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon, 11316 N. Prairie Rd., Lewistown
Climb the 100-foot observation tour and kids may build a birdhouse at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge 19031 E. CR 2110N, Havana, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
While Dickson Mounds Museum is the hub for this event, be sure to check the Dickson Mounds website and the Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon Facebook page for location information and an itinerary of the day’s activities.
The event is FREE and for all ages! Activities at some locations are weather permitting. Sponsored by Forbes and Illinois River Biological Stations, Illinois River Road, Illinois State Museum-Dickson Mounds, Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon, The Nature Conservancy, and USFWS Illinois River Refuges Complex.
February 1, 2025 – all day
Illinois State Museum-Dickson Mounds
10956 N. Dickson Mounds Road
Lewistown, Illinois 61542
Admission is free
(309) 547-3721
https://www.illinoisstatemuseum.org/welcome-dickson-mounds.html
