Bird & Nature Outings

press release: 3nd Saturday every month year round, outing at Starkweather Creek. See below for monthly meeting location. Free, welcoming, family friendly, educational, no registration required, no pets. Wear a mask and maintain social distance. Monthly Bird and Nature Adventures along Starkweather Creek are co-sponsored by Madison Parks, Madison Audubon, Goodman Community Center, and Friends of Starkweather Creek.  See their websites and Facebook pages for more activities!  Contact 608-698-0104 

Sat Aug 17 10am "Eken Parklands" Bird and Nature Adventure at Eken Park with Friends of Starkweather Creek

Eken Park, 700 North Street a block north of Commercial, visit neighborhood parks and Starkweather Creek

Join Friends of Starkweather Creek at the Eken Park Festival to learn about this amazing natural waterway in the heart of Madison. Find out about opportunities to volunteer and PFAS and other challenges to the creek. Pick up a Creek Canoe Map and make a Prairie Seed Ball to take home and start a patch of native wildflowers for butterflies and bees. Take a walk or bike ride along nearby streets and Commercial Avenue to discover nature in neighborhood parks and back yards. Look for areas with native flowers that are being restored to prairies and rain gardens with help from Friends of Starkweather Creek volunteers. Don't miss the nature murals on the bridge rails and picnic tables in Landsness Legacy Lot at the east end of Commercial Avenue. Take a moment to contemplate nature on the Leopold Bench dedicated to Carl Landsness.