It’s official: As of October 17, 2023, Badgerland Bird Alliance is the proud new owner of 80 acres of land adjacent to the marsh at Faville Grove Sanctuary near Lake Mills.
Photo from Badgerland Bird Alliance archive
Birding for all bodies: Announcing our new electric-powered wheelchair!
“Let’s go birding!” It sounds so fun, so easy! And for many people it is, yet for others who face mobility challenges, that phrase is fraught with unknowns.
At Badgerland Bird Alliance, we feel a need and desire to facilitate ANYONE who wants to enjoy birds to be able to do so. We are excited to offer a tool to help alleviate some of the mobility-related concerns: our new electric wheelchair, made for outdoor use!
Photo by Kaitlin Svabek / Badgerland Bird Alliance
Help gather Milkweed seeds: Fall 2023!
Milkweeds are the host plant for monarch caterpillars, making them essential for healthy monarch populations. This fall, Madison Audubon and in particular our staff at Goose Pond Sanctuary have established a goal for volunteers to collect 100 pounds of pure, live milkweed seed for the butterflies, and we need your help!
The primary focus is on common, butterfly, whorled, and swamp (red) milkweed seeds.
Madison Audubon photo
Listening to Will Rogers
The Squirrel Days of Summer
During the recent heat waves, someone watching me walk around the block might think I had been drinking. I weave from one side of the street to another, 3 or 4 times in a single block. No, I haven't been drinking although a sangria would be nice. I'm desperately seeking shade during a hot day. Like many older subdivisions our neighborhood has lost some of the street trees that were planted 40 or 50 years ago. Now the sidewalks are a patchwork of no trees, little bitty trees, and lovely, full grown and full of leaves hardwoods. I plot my walk to spend as much time as possible under those grand trees.
Photo by Aaron Carlson
