Written by Nancy Nabak, Communications Coordinator for Woodland Dunes January is upon us and so are resolutions. Because we know too many of our bird species are in trouble, I’m resolving to do more for them this year than ever … Continue reading
Category Archives: Birds
by Nancy Nabak Communications Coordinator Just days ago, the US Fish & Wildlife Service declared the Ivory-billed woodpecker extinct. The gravity of this concept, the emotion that braids itself into the question, “Why didn’t we conserve its habitat earlier?” And … Continue reading
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
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
Ripples From the Dunes by Nancy Nabak, Communication Coordinator I usually expect the kids to be home around the middle of May. For the most part, they’re usually on time. It’s not college they’re migrating from – it’s South America. … Continue reading