Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance’s Goose Pond Sanctuary always has a ton going on. Bird conservation, habitat restoration, research, and outreach are always in season here. Learn more about Goose Pond in the latest update.
Photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA
Summer 2026
The birds of Wisconsin need you
2026 Wisconsin Conservation Congress
The Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Annual Spring Hearing gives members of the public the opportunity to provide input on a variety of questions. We encourage you to take the time to fill out the survey—many of the questions impact ecosystems and wildlife both locally and throughout the state.
USFWS photo
Sounds of Mystery
But it was another unusual and unidentifiable set of subtle sounds in the evenings of spring that caught my attention and had me baffled. Then one day a new thought came to me and I ran to my house and grabbed my copy of Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold. There in the April chapter under “Sky Dance” was my answer. I was listening to the courting ritual of the American Woodcock that Leopold so eloquently described. I was hooked and since then I’ve enticed a family member or friend to join me on damp evenings at sunset to encounter this mysterious bird on my land or a nearby park.
Photo by Tom Murray
