Little Brown and Big Brown Bats

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 1, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

When I got to see bats up close for the first time at Fair Meadows Sanctuary this past July, I was blown away by their beautiful strangeness.

Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

July 25, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Bald Eagle Nest Watch 2025 in review

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

July 25, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

2025 was another amazing year of dedicated volunteers putting in thousands of hours monitoring the Bald Eagle nests they were assigned to, and documenting the fate of those nests.

Photo by Steve Fisher, BENW volunteer

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

April 18, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

2025 Midwest Crane Count at Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance's Columbia County lands

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

April 18, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

The annual Crane Count, coordinated by the International Crane Foundation, was held on April 12. It was a beautiful morning to count cranes and enjoy the wetland birds.

Photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

March 28, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

March 28, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands

The properties owned and managed by Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance in Columbia County are teeming with life. From birds, insects, mammals, and herptiles to fungi, lichens, and plants, there is no shortage of species to discover.

Photo by Jim Otto