Friends Field Trips: Fall 2024 - Winter 2025Sunday, December 8
Indoor Field Trip: Explore the Collection of Mounts, Skins, & Skulls with the Department of Forest & Wildlife Ecology Room A228 Russell Labs, 1630 Linden Drive 1:30-3:00 p.m. Our Lakeshore Nature Preserve Field Trips step inside for an early winter excursion through the collection of mounts, skins and skulls in the Department of Forest & Wildlife Ecology. Extension Wildlife Outreach Specialist, Jamie Nack, will teach us about different vertebrates using the collection. Getting an up-close look at the collection teaches us to distinguish between similar species by differences in size, shape, coloration and patterns. This helps us learn to more quickly and accurately identify animals in the wild! Meet at Room A228 Russell Labs, 1630 Linden Drive. Parking is available in Lot 36, 1645 Observatory Drive. Note: Russell Labs is across the street from Babcock Hall Dairy Store, which is open until 4:00pm on Saturdays. Leader: Jamie Nack. Sunday, December 22 Friends Favorite Places 1:30-3:00 p.m. Join Naturalist Paul Noeldner and other Friends of UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve for a free family friendly guided walk. We will visit some of the favorite places people love at the Preserve. Dress warm and enjoy hot chocolate and smores at fire circle #2 after the walk. You may want to prepare for the walk by viewing a Virtual Tour of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve at http://FriendsLakeshorePreserve.com. Meet at the Picnic Point entrance kiosk, 2000 University Bay Drive. Leader: Paul Noeldner. Sunday, January 12 Subnivean Species 1:30-3:00 p.m. "Subnivean Species" may be a phrase new you as it was for me (Tom Zinnen), but it refers to critters that have a cool way to survive the winter by thriving under the snow. Morgan Farmer, currently holder of a Louis & Elsa Thomsen Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in the Department of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, will help us uncover the ways and means that voles and mice use move and forage under the snow, and in turn, how predators such as martens, other weasels, and shrews hunt for dinner in the snowpack. Meet at the Picnic Point entrance kiosk, 2000 University Bay Drive. Leader: Morgan Farmer. Sunday, January 26 Winter Wonderland 1:30-3:00 p.m. Join Naturalist Paul Noeldner and Friends of Lakeshore Nature Preserve for a free fun family friendly walk. The trees and trails at the Lakeshore Nature Preserve are as beautiful as a picture postcard under a blanket of white snow. top to reflect on the small surprising beauty of green moss peeping out from a log or rock. Look for delicate frozen ice sculptures along the shoreline. Listen for the cheery chirping of winter birds. Watch for bird and animal tracks and try to guess what they are doing! Meet at the Picnic Point entrance kiosk, 2000 University Bay Drive. Leader: Paul Noeldner. Sunday, February 9 Indoor Field Trip: Mapping Teejop Meeting location to be announced. 1:30-3:00 p.m. Mapping Teejop is a digital mapping project that guides users on Indigenous walking tours of the UW-Madison campus, created through partnership between the American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program and the Department of Geography's Cartography Lab. Mapping Teejop provides content and context for visitors to learn about Ho-Chunk and Native history and presence at the University of Wisconsin, a region long known as Teejop, and also offers opportunity for critical and self-reflection. The tours feature some of the most iconic locations on campus, Bascom Hill, Observatory Hill, Tee Wąąkšik Homįk (Lake Mendota), Camp Randall, and the Memorial Union. Meeting location to be announced. Leader: Kasey Keeler. Sunday, February 23 Winter Birds 1:30-3:00 p.m. Even with ice and snow there are beautiful, bright, noisy birds to enjoy at the Lakeshore Nature Preserve! Join us on a free fun educational family friendly guided walk to look for Blue Jays, Cardinals, Tufted Titmice, Woodpeckers, Nuthatches, Chickadees, Wild Turkeys, Barred Owls and More! You may practice using the Merlin app to help identify birds by sight and sound and log your observations on eBird! Bring binocs or a camera if you have one and send pictures and comments to [email protected]. If weather allows, enjoy hot cocoa and smores at Fire Circle 2 after the walk. No registration required, no pets. Meet at the Picnic Point entrance kiosk, 2000 University Bay Drive. Leader: to be announced. |
Free public field trips are one of the most valuable contributions the Friends make to the Preserve. They have been organized every spring and fall for over 10 years on various topics and are all led by Friends volunteers. Many are professional naturalists and emeritus faculty and staff. The Friends also partner with other environmental organizations for field trips.
Field trip coordinator: Tom Zinnen Bird and Nature Outings Free, family-friendly walks on the 4th Sunday of the month. Bring your binoculars and camera. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, Friends of Urban Nature, and Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance. Meet at the Picnic Point Kiosk, across from UW Lot 130 (2004 University Bay Drive). Contact Paul Noeldner (608-698‑0104). Fall 2022 - Winter 2023 field trips
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Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve
P.O. Box 5534 Madison, WI 53705 UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve website Documents |
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