The Madison-area Christmas Bird Count is the BIPOC Birding Club’s event for the month of December!

Photo by Dexter Patterson

The Milwaukee Christmas Bird Count is the BIPOC Birding Club’s event for the month of December! Each year, birders around the country participate in Christmas Bird Counts (CBC).

Photo by Rita Flores Wiskowski.

We’ll bird at the Urban Ecology Center of the Menomonee Valley, a great place to look for migrating songbirds!

Photo courtesy of the Urban Ecology Center.

Join us at the Picnic Point entrance to the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve for a fall birding walk where we’ll be keeping a special eye out for waterfowl! 🦆

Photo by Dexter Patterson.

Turville is a gem in the heart of the concrete jungle of Madison. With restored prairies and woodlands stretching along glacial Lake Monona, it offers great views and lots of great birding habitat.

The Milwaukee Area Land Conservancy is inviting the BIPOC Birding Club to the Carity Prairie, which is 23 acres of land in the suburb of Franklin that the conservancy is preserving and restoring.

Photo by Rita Flores Wiskowski.

Join the BIPOC Birding Club for a trip to the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, where we will learn about their important mission and see their work in action.

Photo by Arun Christopher Manoharan.

Join us in birding the Natural Path Sanctuary! Set amidst 25 acres of woods and meadows on the Farley Center land, the sanctuary is a way to preserve the natural beauty in perpetuity.

Photo courtesy Farley Center’s Natural Path Sanctuary.

Swift Night Out is back and it’s bringing additional pop-up events! Join us for a community gathering of seated birding with the migrating Chimney Swifts!

Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt.

Join us for a short walk at Sheridan Park. We’ll go where the birds take us which may include walking the paved biked trail, taking a steep winding trail down to the beach, and/or walking across the lawn for views along the bluff.

Join us for a walk looking for migratory shorebirds at Nine Springs in Madison, WI!

It might be late summer for us, but it is early fall for birds. Join us for a walk as we check out the resident birds and hope to see some early migrants at one of Milwaukee’s best migratory hot spots.

Pack up a folding chair and bins and join us early for a pre-dawn bat swarm watch and a morning birding walk!

Photo courtesy of WDNR.

The inaugural Milwaukee area BIPOC Birding Club event was at Havenwoods, Wisconsin’s only urban state forest. We explored this beautiful land at the cusp of winter. Join us as we return in June to an area that has many nesting bird species including willow flycatchers, blue birds, many species of sparrows, indigo buntings and more.

Photo by Rita Flores Wiskowski.

Join us for a day of birding at the historic Badger Army Ammunition Plant! We’ll be on the lookout for notable grassland bird species, including Bell’s Vireo. Whether you're a seasoned birder or just starting out, this is the perfect opportunity to connect with nature and like-minded individuals.

Join the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin, Feminist Bird Club of Madison, and Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance for an awesome Black Birders Week event celebrating black birders and the birds they love!

Photo by Gary Shackelford.

Join SoWBA and the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin for a slow paddle exploring the incredible diversity of Cherokee Marsh. Get a great experience looking for spring birds, insects, and aquatic plants by boat; we expect to see species like Green Heron, Kingfishers, swallows, Sora, and more!

Photo by Jeff Galligan.

Warnimont Park in Cudahy (southern Milwaukee County) is close to 250 acres and covers a variety of habitats that attract migrating birds including prairie, deciduous woods, ravines and more. Its east border is Lake Michigan. The bird species count is 234 including a number of rarities that show up every spring and have included Western Kingbirds, Northern Mockingbirds, Blue Grosbeaks, Prairie Warblers and many more.

Photo by Arun Christopher Manoharan

Wetland Woods, as the name suggests, consists of diverse habitats including woods of mature maples and oaks, prairies, streams, and wetlands. We will be sure to see early migrants and resident birds throughout. The boardwalks give us access to the wetlands, and easy trails will lead us through the woods and prairies.

We are excited to host our third annual Woodcock watch in Madison! Join us as we search for these cool little birds as they "peent" and do their quirky and elaborate courtship fights that are called "sky dances.”

Photo by Rita Flores Wiskowski.

Join us for a hike at the Wehr Nature Center, an inland birding hotspot! The Wehr Nature Center is a 220 acre nature preserve and is part of Whitnall Park. The trails go through woodlands, prairies, around Mallard Lake, and near creeks.

Photo by Rita Flores Wiskowski.

Join us for a walk through Seminary Woods in St Francis, just south of Milwaukee! Seminary Woods is a beautiful woodland that often attracts winter finches, many species of woodpeckers, and owls.

Photo by Rita Flores Wiskowski.

Join us for a walk through the UW-Madison Arboretum. We will be looking for "the usual suspects", our hardy overwintering friends. The arboretum can be a great place for raptors and does provide some surprises, so it will be a great adventure.

Photo by Arun Christopher Manoharan.

Event Cancellation Notice: Safety First
Due to safety concerns and hazardous road conditions, we regret to inform you that the upcoming event at Paradise Valley is cancelled.

Photo by Rita Flores Wiskowski.

Hoping to turn a loved one into a full-fledged bird nerd? Looking to sharpen your bird identification skills? Just need a bird-related excuse to visit the Milwaukee County Zoo? Join us!

Photo by Rita Flores Wiskowski.

The Milwaukee Christmas Bird Count is the BIPOC Birding Club’s event for the month of December! Each year, birders around the country participate in Christmas Bird Counts (CBC).

Photo by Rita Flores Wiskowski.

The Madison-area Christmas Bird Count is the BIPOC Birding Club’s event for the month of December! We are leading the birding effort in the northeastern part of Madison, near the airport and the Madison College Truax campus.

Photo by Dexter Patterson

Turville is a gem in the heart of the concrete jungle of Madison. With restored prairies and woodlands stretching along glacial Lake Monona, it offers great views and lots of great birding habitat.

Veterans Park is a great place to check out during the fall months. There is bound to be something of note in the lagoon, Marina, and/or Lake Michigan. November is often the time to find snowy owls, interesting ducks and geese, late migrants, exciting gull species and more!