Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 8:00am
Horicon Marsh Bird Club invites birders of all skill levels – as well as anyone who enjoys the great outdoors – to the 28th Annual Horicon Marsh Bird Festival This weekend-long event provides family-friendly activities and educational experiences designed to showcase Horicon Marsh’s role as an important habitat for birds and wildlife.
Highlights of this year’s Bird Festival NEW trips to Old Marsh Road, night sounds, boating and birding, LIVE birds of prey, smaller more intimate guided tours, and so much more!
Schedule of Events:
8:00 am - 12:00 pm - Birding by Bike
Bigby (Big, green, bird year). Green birding is birding done without the use of fossil fuels and/or the internal combustion engine. Green birders are self-propelled birders, e.g., walking, riding a bicycle, paddling a canoe or kayak, or using skis or snowshoes.
Join Former Dodge County Volunteer Coordinator for the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II and avid Bigby birder Matt Herzmann for a bike ride of about 10 leisurely miles around the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Auto Tour and portions of the Wild Goose Trail.
Meet at the main parking lot of the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Auto Tour. If using Google Maps, use the “Redhead Hiking Trail Trailhead” location.
No charge for this program but donations to the Horicon Marsh Bird Festival fund are greatly appreciated. Pre-registration required.
Location: Horicon NWR Auto Tour Main Parking Lot W10145 WI-49 Waupun, WI 53963
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Wild Birds of Prey
This program will introduce some of Wisconsin’s raptors through mounted specimens, artifacts, resources, and LIVE birds. Appreciate the many benefits raptors provide to humans and nature, learn action items to help our raptors through habitat conservation and awareness, and celebrate the majesty of these amazing birds of prey. It is a privilege to work with these incredible avian ambassadors as partners in education. These are educational birds and cannot be returned to the wild due to a variety of permanent injuries. Marsh Haven Nature Center holds permits from both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to use these birds for educational purposes.
Marsh Haven Nature Center, Indoor Respect Our Earth Theater.
$5 for adults | $3 for students 6-14 | free for students 5 and under
No registration needed or pre-payment necessary.
Location: Marsh Haven Nature Center W10145 Wisconsin 49 Waupun, WI 53963
