Join us at 6:30 PM to hear A Wonderful Happening: Breeding Black-necked Stilts at Horicon Marsh. A comprehensive 4-year study of Black-necked Stilt breeding behavior, nesting success, habitat selection and […]
Tenting area or camper parking is available at Marsh Haven Nature Center, located on the northwest corner of the Horicon Marsh (Highway 49), during the Horicon Marsh Bird Festival. Facilities include: Pit toilets, potable water, and shared campfire area/picnic shelter. $15/night for tents, $20/night for RVs. Reservations required. Call (920) 318-9518 or email director@marshhaven.org for […]
Join us, as we branch out into new territory! Join Jeff Bahls and DNR Wildlife Supervisor, Andy Paulios, to explore one of Dodge County’s other marshes. Most of the 4,500-acre Mud Lake Wildlife Area is floodplain marsh, dominated by river bulrush and other aquatic plants. The Beaver Dam River runs through the heart of the […]
With trip leaders: Jeff Bahls and Kelli Bahls. Limit 10. Price $15. We will paddle upstream in a beautiful riparian area on the east branch of the Rock River and float back. Warblers, other perching birds, ducks, herons and with some luck shorebirds are all possibilities. We will paddle about a mile upstream; conditions and […]
Trip leader: Renee Wahlen. Free. No registration required. Join Marsh Haven Nature Center director, Renee Wahlen, as we hike the nest box trail. This easy hike will include frequent stops to monitor the 40+ nest boxes at Marsh Haven. We will record our discoveries and learn more about what birds are building nests and raising […]
Available Spaces: 36. Join USFWS staff Erin Railsback as well as Rick Vant Hoff, for this unique dusk into dark tour of critters that sing, call, and dance as the sun sets and night falls on Horicon Marsh. The tour begins at Marsh Haven Nature Center. With special permission from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]
Available Spaces: 36 This is a field trip designed for birders who want to add as many species as possible to their bird lists. Field trip leaders are Jeff Bahls, Pat Horn, Kelli Bahls. Be prepared to move by bus from location to location in search of migratory hot spots. There will be some walking, […]
Trip leaders: Marty Evanson and Brad Webb. Limit: 15. Price $15. 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 of parkland; most of it is mature wooded forest along the east branch of the Rock River with a […]
Free. No registration required. Trip leader: Tim Hahn and Sarah Warner Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center Kid & Family Event. Join leaders for a hike that will focus on bird species along the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center trail system; a boardwalk reaching out to Indermuehle Island through the marsh and covering a […]
Trip leader: Rick Vant Hoff. Limit: 15. Price: $15. The hike at Marsh Haven Nature Center consists of three different trails: a wetland trail, a prairie trail, and a woodland trail, with no trail longer than ½ mile. Common birds in the area are Eastern Bluebirds, swallows, a variety of sparrows, hawks, Sandhill Cranes and […]
Trip leader: Matt Herzmann. Limit: 20. Price: Free. Bigby (Big, green, bird year). Green birding is birding done without the use of fossil fuels and/or the internal combustion engine. Green birders are self-propelled birders, e.g., walking, riding a bicycle, paddling a canoe or kayak, or using skis or snowshoes. Join Dodge County’s Breeding Bird Atlas […]
Free. No registration required. Trip leader: Tim Hahn and Sarah Warner Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center Kid & Family Event. Join leaders for a hike that will focus on bird species along the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center trail system; a boardwalk reaching out to Indermuehle Island through the marsh and covering a […]
