Available Spaces: 36. Price: $20.00 Trip leader Jeff Bahls and Tim Hahn will be using the knowledge obtained from other festival field trips in finding various birding locations (Hot Spots) in hopes of adding as many species as possible in the time allotted. Walking on uneven trails is possible. Meet at the Horicon Marsh Education […]
Please join PhotoMidwest for an approximately 3-hour introductory bird photography class at the Horicon Marsh Visitor Center beginning at 4pm on Saturday, May 13. The class begins with a classroom session followed by about 2 hours photographing in Horicon Marsh. If there is bad weather, DNR staff will have mounted specimens to practice photographing indoors […]
Price: Free. No registration required. 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 the program. The hike may be on uneven trails, but they are rated easy. This is for ALL ages that want to learn more about […]
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 of the visitor center or enjoy the day at any of the picnic tables surrounding the visitor center. Cash only. Chili Lunch proceeds benefit the Friends of Horicon Marsh Education […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
