This season at the sanctuaries (Spring 2023): In this new feature, learn what’s been going on behind the scenes, who you can expect to find when you visit, and how to get involved in the coming few months!
Photo by Drew Harry/Madison Audubon
National Audubon's recent name decision
We are surprised and deeply disappointed in National Audubon’s decision to knowingly bear a name that causes pain and harm to members of our community. Madison Audubon will continue to pursue a name change in the coming months, in cooperation with our membership and in communication with other chapters.
Photo by Mike Budd/USFWS Midwest
Seeing and Not Seeing: Outdoor Observations
2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin
Southern Wisconsin is full of bird enthusiast. So it’s no surprise that each year, this part of the state turns out a great set of Christmas Bird Counts. In 2022, 10 counts were done within the Madison Audubon chapter area (which encompasses 10 counties), coordinated independently and put on by excellent volunteers. Below are the results of the most recent Christmas Bird Counts in our area.
Photo by Mick Thompson
Kindness, Love, and Care
I think Madison Audubon's grappling with the John James Audubon legacy and deciding to change the Chapter's name is also motivated by kindness, love, and care. We want to reach out to everyone in our community with care and kindness and share our love of the natural world. We can't share that love and extend a hand of kindness and camaraderie if we ignore the effects of Audubon's cruelty and racism. Madison Audubon’s staff and board have certainly been extraordinarily careful in their consideration of Audubon's history and the pain it still causes today.
Photo by Arlene Koziol
