What do coffee, chocolate, gardening, and our wonderful windows have in common? Besides being some of our favorite things, they also represent important and meaningful ways that you can have a positive impact on the birds we love!
Join us in sampling free Bird-Friendly coffee and chocolates and light appetizers. Explore and share native plants we can add to our yards, balconies and patios to boost birds, and other ways we can keep them safe in our neighborhoods.
Photo by kris krüg FCC
The event will include three short presentations (5-7 minutes each) about:
supporting birds through gardening with native plants,
preventing birds from flying into windows, and
how the Smithsonian Bird Friendly® coffee and chocolate certifications protect birds in their winter habitats.
During this event, attendees will get to:
taste delicious Bird Friendly coffee from one of Wisconsin's first certified roasters, Barnwood Coffee of Two Rivers, and purchase some to take home if desired,
taste-test Bird Friendly certified chocolate from three artesian chocolatiers,
peruse native plant catalogs and learn about our Native Plant Sale,
take home a free native plant (species to be determined)
see, touch, and share easy ways to keep birds from flying into windows, including taking home a window treatment kit for a small donation.
event details/logistics
Pre-registration has closed, but you’re welcome to join us at the event anyway! The event will take place at the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras building at 1118 E. Washington Ave. You can find parking on E. Washington Ave., on surrounding neighborhood streets, or in the parking lot at 1142 E. Washington Ave (see map to the left—it's not the parking lot adjacent to WYSO, but the one slightly beyond marked in yellow).
The event will be held on the second floor, beginning at 5:00 PM with tastings and socializing at your leisure. At 5:30 there will be a short presentation by your hosts, followed by lots more time to taste and enjoy.
Coffee will be available to purchase by check, cash, or card. You'll be able to take home a free native plant (the species is a surprise!), and boxes of Feather Friendly dots that prevent bird-window collisions will be available at a discounted rate of $10/box.
Speakers
Amy Alstad is the Director of Land Management and Environmental Education at Holy Wisdom Monastery.
Brenna Marsicek is the Director of Outreach with Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance and coordinator of the Bird Collision Corps.
Amy Haban is CEO of Barnwood Coffee Company of Two Rivers, a Smithsonian certified Bird Friendly roaster.
Lisa Gaumnitz is the coordinator for SOS: Save Our Songbirds, and a member of the Friends of Wisdom Prairie Council.
Cover photo: a male American Goldfinch perches on a purple coneflower, photo by Chad Horwedel FCC
