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 […]
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 […]
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. 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 […]
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 […]
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 on Sept 15 at 6:30PM at the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center located at N7725 Hwy 28 between Horicon and Mayville. Our talk will be "An Overview of Causes of Wild Bird Mortality in Wisconsin" . What we can do to keep wild birds in Wisconsin healthy by Nancy Businga, Wildlife Disease […]
Bird Hike Meet at 6 PM Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center. We will walk the trails out to Indermuhle Island and back.
Field trip April 24th 8AM-12PM Meet 8 AM at Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor center. We will car caravan from there. We will be looking for new migrating birds. HMBC Field trips are free and open to the public
Field trip-Winter birds Sunday February 20th 8 am Meet at the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center, We will car caravan to several locations to look for Redpolls, Crossbills, Snow buntings, and Snowy owls plus anything else we see along the way. We plan on ending about noon. Horicon Marsh Bird Club field trips are […]
PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE DECEMBER 16th (in person and Zoom) Cathy & John Ley – Horicon Marsh Bird Club Members . Experience the Seven Continents Join us December 16 th 6:30pm at the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center, N7725 Hwy. 28, Horicon, WI where Horicon Marsh Bird Club members, John and Cathy Ley, will […]
NOVEMBER 18th (In Person and Zoom) Mark Naniot/Director & Co-founder of Wild Instincts Wildlife Rehabilitation Join us November 18th at 7 PM at the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor center, N7725 Hwy 28 Horicon Wi, we will have Mark Naniot from Wild Instincts wildlife rehab facility. Mark Naniot has been mending orphaned and injured wildlife […]
