Plant Identification

There is a stunning diversity of beautiful native plants at the South Shore Nature Sanctuary, always shifting with the changing seasons of the Midwest. Visitors just like you have joined in on a collective effort to identify and record these plants. Below, you can see these visitor-generated pictures. How many of them do you recognize?

Bird Identification

In addition to hosting a wide variety of native plants, the South Shore Nature Sanctuary is home to numerous species of native and migrating birds, including the Canada Goose, Red-breasted Merganser, American Tree Sparrow, and the Golden-crowned Kinglet. To see the latest species that have been spotted, click here.