Purple Martin Banding (2026)

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

July 24, 2026

Friday Feathered Feature

Purple Martins are one of our favorite species for quite a few reasons. They are beautiful, chatty, and acrobatic fliers.

Photo by Susan Foote-Martin

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

June 26, 2026

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2026 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

June 26, 2026

Friday Feathered Feature

The Reckless Wrens team's 24-hour count began on May 8 at 5 PM and ended at 4:59 PM on May 9, tallying 147 species.

Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

May 29, 2026

Friday Feathered Feature

Birds and Restoration at Hillside Prairie

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

May 29, 2026

Friday Feathered Feature

Birds and Restoration at Hillside Prairie

The grasslands aren’t the only areas with bird activity in the spring. . . . [upcoming] restoration work will be focused on species of birds that inhabit the oak savanna.

Photo by Debbie Koenigs/USFWS

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

May 1, 2026

Friday Feathered Feature

Brown Thrasher

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

May 1, 2026

Friday Feathered Feature

If you’ve ever heard a noisy bird echoing from a nearby shrub, thicket, or woodland edge, you may be in the company of a Brown Thrasher, the only thrasher species east of the Rocky Mountains

Photo by Arlene Koziol