Bird & Nature Blog
A clutch of the latest stories from Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance
Folks facing the current state of nature sometimes face the applesauce decision: Leave nature alone and rely on its resilience… or help nature, usually by dealing with human caused problems.
Both have their place; perhaps in many wilderness settings the former course is better. Madison Audubon almost always opts for active help.
Photo by wabisabi2015 FCC
The bill (SB620) that proposes to legalize a Sandhill Crane hunt in Wisconsin was not moved forward for consideration in this legislative session. It has not gone away, but will be held for a future session, perhaps in January.
To those of you who contacted your legislators asking them to vote NO on this issue, THANK YOU! Your support is incredible and makes a difference.
Photo by Arlene Koziol
Dorothy Haines, a Madison Audubon member for over 50 years (recently featured in our Meet a Birder series), and eight residents of Oakwood Village East visited Goose Pond today and were greeted by thousands of waterfowl and ring-billed gulls and mid-October weather. Dorothy enjoyed stopping at the Browne Prairie and at the Kiosk.
Columbus Grade School has been frequent visitors to Goose Pond and Otsego Marsh this fall. A class visited Otsego Marsh today and as they hiked up the trail a teacher said, "We are going to see what has changed since we were here last."
Meet a Birder: Meet Dorothy Haines, one of Madison Audubon’s longest members! She turns 100 in January.
Cover image: A Baltimore Oriole feasts on an orange. (Photo by Michael McGough from Pixabay)
As a hunter, angler, and conservationist, I stand with Madison Audubon against the Sandhill Crane hunt. The reasons are numerous, and you can read them in my previous post here, but make no mistake: they are informed both by sound science and by a love of cranes.
Bruce Ross, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA), recently replied to my blog on a hunting season on Sandhill Cranes, and argued that hunters and non-hunters should support such a season.
Well, that was throwing a fly to a hungry trout so I rise to the bait.
Photo by Arlene Koziol
