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. […]
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 adaptation at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge. Daryl Christensen is an award-winning field researcher whose passion for rare and endangered bird monitoring covers six decades of […]
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 […]
