Bird Festival Events

Price:  $15/night for tents, $20/night for RVs Location: Marsh Haven Nature Center, W10145 WI-49, Waupun WI 53963 Reservations required – see below Tenting area or…

Trip Leaders: Jeff Bahls, Kelli Bahls and Pat Horn Location: Meet at Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center Available Spaces: 36 This is a field…

Engage in a birding adventure to glimpse one of the over 300 species of birds that visit Horicon Marsh annually. This is a guided two-hour…

Since “discovering” this 70-acre gem, it has been a superstar throughout the Horicon Marsh Bird Festival (154 species e-Birded here).  Ziegler Park has 72.3 acres…

Kid & Family Event.  Join leaders for a hike that will focus on bird species along the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center trail system;…

Trip leader: Matt Herzmann $20 ticket, limit 15 tickets sold. Bigby (Big, green, bird year). Green birding is birding done without the use of fossil…

Price: Free Location: Egret Trail Boardwalk - Refuge Auto Tour Available spaces: No limit Join Horicon Marsh Learn to Hunt Waterfowl Coordinator Mark Kakatsch, and…

Please join the International Crane Foundation for an opportunity to learn hands-on how scientists monitor cranes.  Spin an educational wheel to test your crane knowledge…

Since “discovering” this 70-acre gem, it has been a superstar throughout the Horicon Marsh Bird Festival (154 species e-Birded here).  Ziegler Park has 72.3 acres…

Kid & Family Event.  Join leaders for a hike that will focus on bird species along the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center trail system…

Bring your family out for the Horicon Marsh Bird Festival but, before the kids hit the trails in search of birds, bring them into the…

Engage in a birding adventure to glimpse one of the over 300 species of birds that visit Horicon Marsh annually. This is a guided two-hour…

Your hike leader will be Liz Herzmann. This program will introduce binocular and field guide use and bird identification. A short bird hike will accompany…

Grab a bite to eat at the Horicon Marsh Education & Visitor Center’s Chili Lunch. Enjoy a relaxing meal while sitting inside the lower lobby…

Learn how tuning in to bird calls, songs, chips and chirps can open a whole new world of birding from your backyard to the unexplored. …

Engage in a birding adventure to glimpse one of the over 300 species of birds that visit Horicon Marsh annually. This is a guided two-hour…

3:00pm-4:30pm: Presentation, Q & A and breaking into small groups. 4:30pm-6pm: Groups photographing in the Marsh. Please join PhotoMidwest instructors Cynthia Carlson and Ralph Russo…

This program will introduce some of Wisconsin’s raptors through mounted specimens, artifacts, resources, and LIVE birds. Appreciate the many benefits raptors provide to humans and…

Trip Leaders: Jeff Bahls and Kelli Bahls Your trip leaders will be using the knowledge obtained from other festival field trips in finding various birding…

Price: Free event but you pay for your own food and drink Join your fellow festival goers and birding buddies at Hoya Hop House to…

Price: Free, no registration required Trip Leader: Liz Herzmann No registration required During the day, Horicon Marsh is a relaxing and tranquil place to enjoy…