Park District History

Learn about the history of how the Bourbonnais Township Park District came to be.

Plan your Visit

If you have a group visiting the park and farm areas it is recommended to call the Perry Farm House prior to your visit at (815) 933-9905. The Perry Farm hosts many large events and to get the most out of your visit it is always best to check out what is going on at the park before you visit. For bus transportation, please use the parking lot at the Exploration Station...a children's museum. Please remember that there are no bus turn around areas or parking at the Perry Farm House and farmstead areas.

 

Meet the animals that reside at Perry Farm Park

Farm and Living History Animals:

Bucky
  
Misty

Miniature Horse
Bucky (Male)
Photo taken by Matt Goyette

Miniature Horse
Misty (Female)
with foal Sunshine
Photo taken by Ed Cayot

Lightning
Lightning -Day 2
Shadow
Miniature Horse
Lightning (Male)
Mother: Nancy
Father: Bucky
Born April 23, 2009
Miniature Horse
Shadow (Female)
Mother: Misty
Father: Bucky
Born April 4, 2009

Nancy the Minature Horse
Hazel the Goat
Miniature Horse
Nancy (Female)
Miniature Goat
Hazel (Female)
Isabelle
Gabriele the Goat
Miniature Goat
Isabelle (Female)
Miniature Goat
Gabrielle (Male)
Fuzzie
 Fuzzie the Goat
Patty
Miniature Goat
Fuzzie (Male)
Mother: Isabelle
Father: Gabrielle
Born March 2009
Miniature Goat
Patty (Female)
Mother: Hazel
Father: Gabrielle
Born March 17, 2009
Ring Neck Phesent
Turkey
Ring Neck Present (Male)
Domestic Turkey
(Female)
Ducks
 Chickens
Muscovy and Peking Domestic Ducks
Assorted Domestic Chickens

 
Wildlife found in the Park:
white tail fawn
  
Black throated green warbler

White Tail Deer (Fawn)
(Odocoileus virginianus)|

Black throated Green Warbler
(Dendronica virens)


redtail hawk
Wood Duck

Red-tailed Hawk (Immature)
(Buteo jamaicensis)


  

Wood Duck (Female)
(Aix sponsa )
flicker
  
Brown Creeper

Northern Flicker
(Colaptes auratus)


  

Brown Creeper
(Certhia americana)
Swans on the Kankakee
  
Dutchmans breeches
Mute Swan
(Cygnus olor )
Dutchman's Britches
(Dicentra cucullaria)
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