MONTROSE POINT BIRD SANCTUARY

I had heard about this place, Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary. I believe it was featured on one of my favorite YouTube channels, "Birds of North America". The host and his guest headed over to this bird sanctuary and realized the birds were getting a little too close. So he decides to extend his hand in a feeding position and waaaala! A bird lands on his hand. I remember watching this and thinking to myself.. "Wow! How would I love to experience something like that?”.

This week I was sent to Chicago for work training. It's a cold winter, we got snow. But that did not stop my wife and I from trying to find this place and experience it for ourselves. I remember arriving and not seeing much around us. But as soon as we walked in, almost like we were being watched by the birds, they began to fly around us. A little closer than we thought. So the moment of truth.. we extended our hand and waited to see if we would experience the same birding excitement as the video we watched. All I can say is that it was priceless.