Bird & Nature Outing
Picnic Point Entrance 2004 University Bay Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53705
press release: Free, welcoming, family friendly, educational, no registration required, no pets. Fourth Sunday Every Month Guided Bird and Nature Adventures and Self-Guided Walks and Activities at the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve are co-sponsored by Madison Audubon and Friends of the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Check online for updates on covid and guided walks. Please check the Friends website for current field trip availability and guidance. Conditions are continuously changing and Preserve events must comply with policies of the UW-Madison. Contact 608-698-0104.
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Sun Jul 28 1:30 "Class of 1918 Marsh" Bird and Nature Adventure at Lakeshore Nature Preserve with John Magnuson
2002 University Bay Drive, meet at the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve Picnic Point kiosk
Join UW Emeritus Limnology Professor John Magnuson for a fascinating educational tour or take a walk on your own any day in July to discover the Class of 1918 Marsh! This historic wetland and pond is hidden in plain sight between the Picnic Point parking lot and the softball field and UW Hospital. Start behind the Picnic Point Parking lot and follow the natural surface walking trail that circles the marsh. Wear appropriate shoes as it may be wet in spots. Along the way be sure to stop at the boardwalk lookout that provides a view of the pond hidden behind the cattails! Continue along the trail to look for sedges and flowering wetland plants. Use Seek or a nature guidebook to look up and identify some of the birds, plants and flowers that you see. The busy UW campus presents some unique water quality and ecological challenges such as salt runoff that the marsh helps mitigate but also affect the biodiversity of plants and animals that can live there. Learn more about the Class of 1918 Marsh and find a trail map and self-guided walk activity prepared by Professor John Magnuson on the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve FB page and http://FriendsLakeshorePreserve.org and http://tinyurl.com/MadisonFUNAdventures.