Join us at the new Palmatory st picnic shelter starting Oct 15th 4:30PM. We'll watch what returns to the marsh to roost for the night. Cranes, geese, gulls, ducks and who knows what else. Bring along a picnic supper and enjoy the sunset.
Since Tim became a birder in 2002, he primarily stuck to birding in Wisconsin, but given the opportunity in 2021, he began traveling America in search of life birds. By leveraging eBird and other applications, he created custom travel itineraries to efficiently target life birds. Tim will share his experiences planning travel and searching for […]
Join us at 6:30 PM Our program for this month will be Speaker Mark Martin, care taker of Madison' Audubon's Goose Pond Sanctuary. The focus will be on the management of the 730 acres of prairie and wetland habitat Goose Pond Sanctuary and the wildlife found there. Two hundred and seventy-one species are on the […]
Join us at 6:30 PM. Our speaker will be Eric Kilburg, Dodge county's new Wildlife Biologist. He will talk about managing water levels for birds. Wetland habitat suitability for birds is driven by vegetation structure and composition. Together, these components determine the quantity and quality of cover and food available. As the wetland manager, Eric […]
December 16: Owl Prowl: 6:30-8:30pm. Join us for a presentation featuring LIVE owls in the auditorium. Animal ambassadors from Marsh Haven Nature Center will allow us to see the amazing adaptations that owls have. Then don your warm layers as we walk out to Indermuehle Island to call for owls. It will be a HOOT!
Join us at 6:30 PM for our speaker Matthew Young , President and Founder of the Finch Research Network. Birders are often delighted to observe winter finches during the winter, and the Winter Finch Forecast is one of the most highly anticipated birding/ornithological reports of the year. I'll plan to talk about finch irruptions, the […]
February 4: Winter Birds Bus Tour: 3-5:30 pm. Whether you are a new or experienced birder, this guided bus tour offers an exciting chance to spot some of Horicon’s winter bird visitors. DNR staff and members of the Horicon Marsh Bird Club will take you to all the hotspots as we search for beautiful birds […]
Due to Winter weather advisory tonight's program will be zoom only. Each fall and spring, millions of birds migrate via the Mississippi corridor, one of the premier flyways of North America. An average of 90,000 raptors and hundreds of thousands of other migratory birds are counted annually during the fall and spring counts conducted by […]
February 18: Eagle Adventure Bus Tour 1-4pm. Bald eagles overwinter in many places in Wisconsin, and recent years have seen an increase in their numbers around Horicon Marsh. Meet at the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center, this guided bus tour will take you to areas that have held Bald Eagles in the past. Bring […]
March 4: Nest Box Seminar, 8:30-12:30pm. Interested in birdhouses, but don’t know where to begin? Wondering what you can do to help cavity nesting animals? Head to the Horicon Marsh Education & Visitor Center on Saturday, March 4th from 9 AM – 1 PM to bolster your nesting knowledge. Speakers will discuss popular nest boxes, […]
Wood Duck Research, Andrew Greenawalt was a current Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. His research focused on wood duck population and migration chronology. Greenawalt used novel technology to understand migratory patterns, stopover locations, and annual cycles of wood ducks that breed in Wisconsin. He will soon develop reports and manuscripts for […]
Meet at 8 AM March 19th at the McDonalds Hwy 33 & 151 in Beaver Dam. From here we will caravan to open water spots on Beaver Dam Lake and the Beaver Dam River. We will search for waterfowl of all kinds. This area is generally the first open water that migrating waterfowl seek out. […]
