Bird & Nature Blog
A clutch of the latest stories from Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance
Wisconsin’s landscapes hold a timelessness and an enchantment that generations have come to appreciate. These landscapes have produced and shaped conservationists like Aldo Leopold, John Muir, Fran Hamerstrom, and Patty Loew. When John Steinbeck traveled through the state for the first time, he wrote: “I [was] unprepared for the beauty of this region, for its variety of field and hill, forest, lake….”
Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon
Today, Friday, 5/20, is Endangered Species Day. Check this link out for a fun BINGO game to learn about some of Wisconsin's endangered and rare species. The key point is that almost all of our endangered species can be saved. Saved means restored to viable, robust populations with more than just hardy, isolated survivors.
Image courtesy of Wisconsin DNR
No matter how many calls you hear and songs you listen to, the noises don’t always give you a sense for the shape and size of the bird. For folks who are blind or visually impaired, this shape and size mystery is a missing piece of the puzzle.
Enter: Patrick Collins. We reached out to the UW-Madison’s School of Human Ecology, which houses departments that are full of creative, innovative students whose expertise is to MAKE things. We asked them, “Can you help us make 3D birds?” Patrick, a graduate student, said yes.
Photo by Rowan Koester-Jess
This has been the hardest blog I've written for Madison Audubon. I've now paused at least 5 times because of the rage this Senator's misdeed and the JFC's acquiescence in it have generated. This is an example of inexcusable legislative arrogance and corruption. This legislator and JFC are spitting on grassroots conservation efforts and Wisconsin's vital tradition of open government.
Photo by Aaron Volkening FCC
