A Birding We Will Go

Join me and my fellow bird lovers this Saturday at our 5^th Annual International Migratory Bird Day Celebration at the Forest Beach Migratory Preserve.

 

 

We’ll start the day early with guided bird hikes at 7am, followed by presentations and discussions about important bird topics of the day. Our most popular exhibit – the live raptor display with Jeannie Lord of the Pine View Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center – begins at 10am.

You can read more about the bird day festivities here.

As you are surely aware, this will be our first Bird Day celebration without our good friend Noel Cutright. It will be bittersweet, but we will enjoy the day with his spirit being felt throughout.

If birding isn’t your thing, you can join staff and volunteers at our Kratzsch Conservancy in Newburg where they’ll be creating a shrubland habitat area. (See our upcoming events down below.)

This is a project that Noel advocated for and we’re proud to be making it a reality. We can use your help so, please join us if you can.

Have fun,

Shawn Graff, Executive Director Ozaukee Washington Land Trust

 

The Bird Blog

The Future of Birds Bird Blog
The Future of Birds Bird Blog
The Future of Birds Bird Blog….

There. We said it three times fast…bet you can’t!

But seriously, if you’re interested in birds, this local blog has interesting, up to date information about our avian friends. (Like the story about installing kestrel boxes in downtown Milwaukee.)

www.futureofbirds.blogspot.com

 

Birds of Southern Wisconsin Field Course

Does all this talk about birds make you want to become an expert? Well here’s a good place to start. From June 10-14 (Tuesday – Saturday) you can join three of Wisconsin’s top bird experts for a five day field course that visits important breeding bird areas in southern Wisconsin.

You’ll study breeding birds, field research and monitoring techniques, plant community associations, bird banding and more.

Your expert Instructors:

Bill Mueller is the Director of the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory, and Project Coordinator for the Milwaukee BIOME Project.

Dr. Owen Boyle is the state coordinator for the Wisconsin Citizen-based Monitoring Network and an ecologist with WDNR.

Tim Vargo is the Manager of Research and Citizen Science at Milwaukee’s Urban Ecology Center, and is a federally licensed bird bander.

For more information contact Bill Mueller at:
414-698-9108
wpmueller1947@gmail.com
or  visit this page.

 

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