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Overview

Humboldt Park features 219 acres including wetlands, a lagoon, and fields filled with wildflowers. Those areas are hot spots for the hundreds of thousands of birds migrating through Chicago on their way north or stopping to lay their eggs and raise their newborns. The garden is also known for attracting butterflies and dragonflies, according to the Chicago Audubon Society. Humboldt park acts as home to thousands of birds, butterflies, bunnies and of course the elusive black squirrel. Wildlife thrives here with an abundance of native plants and flowers. It is a great place to learn about migrating birds and nesting behavior of the park's early breeding birds, such as Barn Swallows, American Robins, warblers, etc. This city park also includes a restaurant, a beach, an art museum, a field house with programs for kids and adults, all this and more can be found at Humboldt Park. The park is open from 6 am- 11 pm.