Máistir Nádúraí: Spring Field Trips!

3.05.2010

Spring Field Trips!

Here's my spring field trip schedule:

April 29th - Madison Audubon, Pheasant Branch Conservancy

May 6th - Madison Audubon, Pheasant Branch Conservancy

May 8th - Horicon Marsh NWR Birding Festival

May 9th - Horicon Marsh NWR Birding Festival

May 13th - Madison Audubon, Pheasant Branch Conservancy

May 27th - Madison Audubon, Pheasant Branch Conservancy

June 12th - The Nature Conservancy, Spring Green Preserve

All field trips are free and open to the public!

I'll include details and exact times in a future post.

Mike M.

Bio:

Mike McDowell has been documenting southern Wisconsin’s flora and fauna since 1987 and began leading field trips in 2002. Prolific at Pheasant Branch Conservancy, other highlighted natural areas include Pope Farm Conservancy, Spring Green Preserve, and the Baraboo Hills. His nature photography has appeared in various publications, newspapers, magazines and was even featured on a Wisconsin Endangered Resources license plate, a Capital Brewery beer label, and a National Geographic publication. He began journaling nature observations on this blog in 2005. He's the recipient of the 2012 Bronze Passenger Pigeon Award from the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in their local communities or state to promote the field of ornithology. He was a finalist in Swarovski’s Digiscoper of the Year photography contest several times. His other interests include insect macro-photography (especially tiger beetles, treehoppers, and robber flies), fossil collecting, amateur astronomy, botany, natural history, and marksmanship with long-range rifles. Once a gigging musician, collecting Fender Stratocasters is a recently revived interest—most prized being a 1957 Vintage Custom Shop 'Mary Kaye' White Blonde. A former IT Professional, he's spent the last 24 years employed in the sport optics industry.