Bird & Nature Outing

press release: Fourth Saturdays (usually), 10 am, at Edna Taylor Conservation Park; meet at the Children's Leopold Shack between the parking lots​. Check out what others are seeing on the Aldo Leopold Nature Center and Friends of Edna Taylor Facebook pages and post your pictures and comments!  There may be a campfire with hot chocolate and smores after the walk.  Free, welcoming, diverse, fairly accessible, family and kid friendly, educational, no registration required, no pets.  Water and bathrooms available. Guided Bird and Nature Adventures at ALNC/Edna Taylor are co-sponsored by Madison Parks, Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance, Aldo Leopold Nature Center and Friends of Edna Taylor.  See their websites and Facebook pages for updates and more activities!  Contact 608-698-0104 

Upcoming outings:

Sat Dec 28 10am "Nature's Gifts" Bird and Nature Adventure at Aldo Leopold/Edna Taylor - Paul Noeldner

Join Master Naturalist Paul Noeldner for a free fun family friendly guided tour of the beautiful nature trails at Aldo Leopold Nature Center and Edna Taylor Conservation Park. What are some favorite things you like to see and do in nature? What are some gifts nature gives back to us?  Make a Pine Cone Feeder gift ornament for the birds and a winter Native Wildflower Seed Winter Greenhouse gift to take home and plant next Spring. Dress warm.  We may have a campfire with hot chocolate and smores after the walk.

Sat Jan 25 10am "Bird and Critter Tracks" at Aldo Leopold Nature Center/Edna Taylor with John Newman

Join Master Naturalist John Newman for a free, fun, family and kid friendly guided walk to explore Owen Conservation Park.  We will look for  and look fbird and animal tracks and signs!  Can you find White-tailed Deer tracks?  Wild Turkey droppings?  Signs of Grey Squirrels digging up acorns?  The meandering trail of a Deer Mouse in the grass or under the snow?  Try making some tracks and see who can guess what they are!  See http://tinyurl.com/MadisonFUNAdventures and the Friends of Owen Park Facebook page for a map and fun facts about Winter.  Dress warm and bring a camera or binoculars if you have them.  There may be hot chocolate and a campfire with smores after the walk.