One time-honored tradition at Woodland Dunes is the summer bird survey. We don’t refer to it as a nesting survey because we don’t actually document nesting as was done for the Wisconsin Bird Atlas- rather it is a series of … Continue reading
Jim Knickelbine
By Frances Meyer, summer land management intern While working on rebuilding a fence, my fellow interns and I took a water break and went on a walk down cattail trail. We saw the usual birds, red-winged blackbirds singing their “vote … Continue reading
by Sydney Herman, summer education intern One of the highlights of my internship at Woodland Dunes this summer has been the summer camps, especially the recent Little Wings Exploring Water camp. Each of the summer camps have been extremely fun … Continue reading
by Kennedy Zittel, Assistant Naturalist One of the very first bird calls that I ever learned was the famous “Who Cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” call. Those 8-9 notes are very recognizable if you know what to listen … Continue reading
by Kennedy Zittel, Assistant Naturalist Another summer spent out in the swales planting trees to help combat the devastation that the emerald ash borer is causing in many local forests. To be honest, I thought that last summer was going … Continue reading