This is it - the Big Day. Birding’s Super Bowl. This is why we do it! This is why we watch the birds. This is why we get out of bed in the morning.

OK maybe not, but the Big Day is often at the peak of bird migration, which is exciting. Anyone could be here, flaunting their exuberance, cacophonous in dawn chorus. This year’s activity: try to identify all of the birds on the farm on the Big Day. We’ll start the day before the day starts, when the birds are just brewing up the beginnings of their feverish crescendo and dawn approaches. A great time to engage in birding by ear. Then, throughout the day, we’ll go on loops through portions of the farm and see what we see and hear what we hear. Come out for a scheduled loop or for a free range walk of your own.

New to birding? That’s even better! You get the opportunity to learn a thing or two from an enthusiast, including how to find a bird in binoculars and how to onomatopoeize bird sounds into memorable and inane quips. 

Birding Farm Walk Times:

5:00am

7:00am

11:00am

2:00pm

3:00pm

5:00pm

7:00pm

11:00pm

Each walk goes off to check one or more sections of the farm, and note the birds that are present. At the end of the day, we'll have a total and thorough bird list. I bet we'll hear some owls on the 11:00pm walk.

Binoculars encouraged, apps permitted, presence anticipated.

Address is:

6679 State Road 23

Spring Green, WI 53588

RSVP not required, but observed with interest.