FF - Family Friendly Trips
While most Field Trips and events can be enjoyed by families and kids, be sure to check the writeups in the CAWS and online to make sure they are suitable for the age and interest level. To help you decide, we are now highlighting those especially Family Friendly Field Trips and events that families and kids will certainlyl enjoy! Look for trips like Frogs Night Out marked FF - Family Friendly, or check out this summary list of Family Friendly Field Trips
Birding Maps!
Here are Madison Audubon links to Google Maps showing the locations of Madison Audubon Sanctuaries, Wisconsin Birding Hotspots, and every Field Trip
| Day | Date | Title | Leader(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | Jan 7 | Wisconsin River Raptors | Marty Evanson |
| Fri-Mon | Feb 17-20 | Great Backyard Bird Count | Everyone can participate! |
| Sat | Feb 25 | FF Winter Birds of UW Arboretum | Levi Wood |
| Sat | Mar 10 | Early Spring Migrants | Steve Thiessen & Max Witynski |
| Sat | Mar 24 | FF Beginning Birding | Allen Holzhueter |
| Sun | Mar 25 | Spring Birding at Rose Lake | Nolan Kollath & Brad Webb |
| Sat | Mar 31 | Spring Birds of Columbia Co | Tony Kalenic & Carol Anderson |
| Sat | Apri 7 | Beginning Birding | Allen Holzhueter |
| Thu | Apri 12 | FF Frogs Night Out (rain date: Apri 19) | Bob Hay |
| Fri | Apri 13 | Evening at Schoeneberg’s Marsh and Erstad Prairie | Mark & Sue Martin |
| Sat | Apri 14 | Ice Age Trail | Gary Werner |
| Sat or Sun | Apri 14 or 15 | Jefferson-Dodge Bird Walk (check website message board) | Jefferson-Dodge Team |
| Sun | Apri 15 | Spring Birding at Lake Farm Park | Pat Ready |
| Fri | Apri 20 | Evening at Cherokee Marsh | Tony Kalenic & Levi Wood |
| Sat | Apri 21 | FF Beginning Birding | Allen Holzhueter |
| Sat | Apri 21 | Baraboo Hills Spring Wildflowers and Birds | Mike Mossman |
| Wed | Apri 25 | Turville Point Spring Ephemerals | Russ Hefty |
| Thu | Apri 26 | Warbler Walk at Pheasant Branch | Mike McDowell |
| Sat | Apri 28 | Birding at Wyalusing State Park | Quentin Yoerger & Charles Naeseth |
| Sun | Apri 29 | Wisconsin River Bottoms | Chris West |
| Tue | May 1 | Warbler Walk at the Arboretum | Levi Wood & Max Witynski |
| Wed | May 2 | Warbler Walk at Turville Point | Peter Fissel & Quentin Yoerger |
| Thu | May 3 | Warbler Walk at Pheasant Branch | Mike McDowell |
| Fri | May 4 | FF Evening Birding at Nine Springs | Peter Fissel & Dan Doeppers |
| Sun | May 6 | Lakeshore Nature Preserve Bird Hike | Peter Fissel & Dan Doeppers |
| Tue | May 8 | Warbler Walk at the Arboretum | Jim Berkelman |
| Wed | May 9 | Warbler Walk at Cherokee Marsh | Dan Graham & Peter Fissel |
| Tue | May 15 | Warbler Walk at Pheasant Branch | Mike McDowell |
| Wed | May 16 | FF Wildflowers at Sandburg Woods | Russ Hefty |
| Thu | May 17 | Warbler Walk at Pheasant Branch | Mike McDowell |
| Fri | May 18 | FF Evening at Token Creek | Ed Saur |
| Sat | May 19 | FF Bird Banding Biocore Prairie Bird Observatory | Mara McDonald |
| Sat | May 19 | Janesville’s Cook Arboretum | Tom Klubertanz |
| Sat | May 19 | Butterflies of Bauer-Brockway Barrens (Jackson Co.) | Mike Reese |
| Sat | May 19 | Big Birding Day | Join or Support a Team! |
| Sun | May 20 | FF Briggsville Sandhill Crane Tour | Anne Lacey |
| Thu | May 24 | Evening at Pheasant Branch | Mike McDowell |
| Sat | May 26 | Birding Horicon Marsh | Levi Wood & Peter Fissel |
| Sat-Sun-Mon | May 26-28 | FF Madison Audubon Birding Camp at Lake Lucerne (registration required) | Paul Noeldner |
| Sun | May 27 | Birding at Baxter’s Hollow | Aaron Stutz |
| Sat | Jun 2 | FF Warner Park Birds | Trish O’Kane |
| Sat | Jun 2 | Birds of Devil’s Lake and Baxter’s Hollow | Chuck Heikkinen & Delia Unson |
| Wed | Jun 6 | Edna Taylor Conservation Park | Russ Hefty |
| Sat | Jun 9 | Grassland Birds at Middleton Airport | Mike McDowell & Curt Caslavka |
| Sun | Jun 10 | Table Bluff Ice Age Trail | Steve Richter |
| Sat | Jun 16 | FF Butterflies of Pleasant Valley | Ann Thering |
| Sat or Sun | Jun 16 or 17 | Jefferson-Dodge Bird Walk | Jefferson-Dodge Team |
| Tue | Jun 19 | Pheasant Branch Birding | Mike McDowell |
| Thu | Jun 21 | Evening at Black Earth Prairie | Kathie & Tom Brock |
| Sat | Jun 23 | Madison School Forest--Forest Ecology | Scott Taylor |
| Sat | Jun 23 | Warner Park Bluebird Walk and Talk | Paul Noeldner and Tim Nelson |
| Sat | Jun 30 | FF Butterflies of Cherokee Marsh | Karl & Dorothy Legler |
| Sun | Jul 1 | Madison Butterfly Count | Karl & Dorothy Legler |
| Sat | Jul 7 | Butterflies of Sandhill Wildlife Area | Ron Arnold |
| Wed | Jul 11 | FF Prairie Ridge Park | Russ Hefty |
| Sun | Jul 15 | Birds, Butterflies, and Dragonflies of Lakeshore Nature Preserve | Edgar Spalding |
| Fri | Jul 20 | Warner Park Bluebirds and Nature Walk | Paul Noeldner and Tim Nelson |
| Sat | Jul 21 | Flowers and Butterflies of Schurch-Thomson Prairie | Rich Henderson |
| Sat or Sun | Jul 21 or 22 | Jefferson-Dodge Bird Walk | Jefferson-Dodge Team |
| Sun | Jul 29 | Prairies at their Peak | Kathie & Tom Brock |
| Sat | Aug 4 | Cherokee Marsh, Upper Yahara River Tour | Russ Hefty |
| Sat | Aug 11 | FF Goose Pond Prairie Restoration | Mark & Sue Martin |
| Sat | Aug 11 | Butterflies of the Avoca/Blue River Area | Mike Reese |
| Sat | Aug 18 | CANCELLED - Shorebirds of Southern Wisconsin Aug 18 ALTERNATIVE TRIP - there is an alternative WSO trip at Horicon on Sun Aug 19, meet at 8:00 a.m. along Hwy 49 | Peter Fissel |
| Sat or Sun | Aug 18 or 19 | Jefferson-Dodge Bird Walk | Jefferson-Dodge Team |
| Sat | Aug 25 | Fall Warbler Walk at Pheasant Branch | Mike McDowell |
| Sat | Aug 25 | Butterflies and Blossoms at Pheasant Branch | Dreux Watermolen |
| Sun | Aug 26 | Fall Birding at Lakeshore Nature Preserve | Marty Evanson & Roma Lenehan |
| Thu | Aug 30 | FF Evening Tour of Owen Park | Sylvia Marek |
| Sat | Sep 1 | Birding Madison School Forest | Peter Fissel, Peter Gorman, & Nolan Pope |
| Mon | Sep 3 | Pleasant Valley Conservancy Tour | Kathie & Tom Brock |
| Fri | Sep 7 | FF Swift Night Out | Sandy Fuller |
| Wed | Sep 12 | FF Owen Park Prairies | Russ Hefty |
| Thu | Sep 13 | Warbler Walk at Pheasant Branch | Mike McDowell |
| Sat | Sep 15 | FF Bird Banding Biocore Prairie Bird Observatory | Mara McDonald |
| Sun | Sep 16 | Birding Zeloski Marsh | Nolan Kollath & Brad Webb |
| Tue | Sep 18 | Warbler Walk at Pheasant Branch | Mike McDowell |
| Sat | Oct 6 | Migrant Songbirds of Pheasant Branch Conservancy | Mike McDowell |
| Sat | Oct 6 | FF Saw-Whet Owl Banding Research Station - registration required | Paul Noeldner |
| Wed | Oct 10 | Cherokee Marsh, North Unit | Russ Hefty |
| Sat | Oct 13 | Fall Birding at Lakeshore Nature Preserve | Eric Wood & Roma Lenehan |
| Sun | Oct 21 | CANCELLED Goose Pond Scope Day | Dorothy Haines & Lester Doyle |
| Sat | Oct 27 | Migrant Songbirds of Pheasant Branch Conservancy | Mike McDowell |
| Sun | Nov 4 | Lake Michigan Birding | Aaron Stutz |
| Sat | Nov 11 | Behind the Scenes of the Bird Lab at the Field Museum in Chicago | Levi Wood |
| Sat | Nov 17 | Mississippi River Birding | Chris West |
| Sat | Dec 1 | Madison Lakes | Al Shea |
| Sat | Dec 15 | Madison Christmas Bird Count | Aaron Stutz |
| Tue | Jan 1 | New Year's Sunrise Over Faville Marsh | Matt Weber |
| Sat | Jan 12 | Wisconsin River Raptors | Marty Evanson |
| Sat | Jan 19 | Winter Birds of the UW Arboretum | Chuck Henrikson |