Volunteer opportunities abound with Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance
We share a love for birds; do you have time to share to protect them? Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance (SoWBA, formerly Madison Audubon) is a small non-profit, which was 100% volunteer-run until the early 2010s. Though our staff is mighty, it is small—your help makes a huge difference in achieving our shared vision: protecting local habitat, teaching local kids, and conserving local birds.
Whether you want to help with a project, drop in for a pre-scheduled volunteer event, or something else, we appreciate your time and look forward to working with you!
Current volunteer openings (project-oriented)
Sanctuary Photographers and Videographers
Our properties are beautiful and diverse, and we’re looking for folks who enjoy photography and/or videography to document our sanctuaries throughout the seasons and donate the media or grant SoWBA permission to use them (with credit). We are most interested in photographers and videographers for Faville Grove (near Lake Mills) and videographers for Goose Pond (near Arlington). You can help advance our mission of conservation and a love of nature with your skills!
Email Kaitlin at ksvabek@swibirds.org to get involved.
Sew a bird
Enjoy sewing and want to help with bird outreach? We have a great project for you! We need a whole bunch of these bird bodies sewn up so community members can decorate them. Then, the birds will be shipped to Chicago for the “Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene” project. Template for sewing is provided. Done in partnership with SOS Save Our Songbirds.
Email Brenna at bmarsicek@swibirds.org to get involved.
Upcoming Volunteer Events
SoWBA volunteers help with prairie planting at Goose Pond Sanctuary. The buckets shown here are filled with native seed collected from Goose Pond earlier in the fall by volunteers, and are spread by volunteers as well! (SoWBA photo)
Banner photo: Native Indian grass on a cool autumn day at Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by Emily Meier.
Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance has some of the largest restored prairies in Wisconsin. Our Goose Pond Sanctuary, located near Arlington, is a major part of SoWBA's restoration efforts... but our restoration work is only possible with the help of volunteers!
Seed collecting occurs almost every Saturday, 9:30-12:00 from Aug. 23 - Nov. 8.
The meeting location varies each week. RSVP to Graham Steinhauer, Goose Pond Land Steward, at gsteinhauer@swibirds.org or 608-333-2947, to get involved.
Photo by Carolyn Byers