[2] The rookery is also accessible from Chesterton, Indiana, from State Route 49 and Indian Boundary Road.

It is best to visit with a ranger on a guide walk as the birds can be hard to find, high in their nests.

[3] If you continue west along the trail, you’ll follow the Little Calumet River for over a mile through a hardwood forest.

Here, there are a variety of smaller birds, including kinglets, wood thrushes, woodpeckers, and warblers.

They have an increased ability to move water downward or laterally with a high organic matter content.

Thus, it is better not to visit the rookery after a heavy rain fall or during winter and spring rainy seasons.

Larger tracts of this type of soil can be used for row crops, but not the limited sizes found in the rookery.