Bird & Nature Outing

press release: Fourth Sunday Every Month at Lakeshore Nature Preserve, meet at Lakeshore Nature Preserve Picnic Point kiosk, 2002 University Bay Drive. Bring water, rustic toilet short walk. Remember to stay on trails and do not collect anything in the Preserve.  There may be hot chocolate and a campfire with smores at Fire Pit 2 after the walk.  Free, welcoming, diverse, family and kid friendly, fairly accessible, educational, no registration required, no pets.  Bird and Nature Adventures at the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve are co-sponsored by Madison FUN partners Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance and Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. See the partner websites and Facebook pages for updates and more activities!  Contact 608-698-0104. Check out friendslakeshorepreserve.com for more info about the Preserve, Friends activities, and volunteer opportunities.  Send pics and comments to tmzinnen@gmail.com and post to the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve Facebook page. 

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un Apr 26 1:30 "Spring Wildflower Walk"

Join long time Preserve volunteers Glenda Denniston and Eve Emshwiller to look for Woodland Wildflowers at the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve. We will stay on easy walking paths from Picnic Point up the hill to explore Bill's Woods where the Friends of Lakeshore Nature Preserve did their first restoration project begun in 2001 and continue to help restore native plants. Watch for the green of tender new growth along the path and the blossoms of spring ephemerals. It's fun to use a guidebook or app such as Seek to help identify wood phlox, violet, bloodroot, Jacob’s ladder, wild strawberry and other beautiful Wisconsin ephemerals that bloom in Spring when sunlight still reaches the ground before trees get their leaves.