Howdy, neighbor! Meet your Neighborhood and Feeder Birds
Two-part series: Presentation on Zoom, May 4, 6-8pm | Neighborhood walk on May 7, 8-10am
If you want to find out more about some of the common summer bird species you’re seeing where you live, this class is for you! Learn who they are, why they’re there, and the distances some of them might travel to get to your neighborhood.
Instructors Maggie and Bob Honig will teach a brand-new two part class. Part 1 (May 4, 6-8pm) is an online presentation that shares information about 12 of the most common bird species you may see or hear in your neighborhood or at your birdfeeders during the summer, and give you useful great about how to identify them, what they sound like, what they eat, how they behave, and more. By the end of the class, you should have a little more comfort and familiarity with the birds you encounter often!
In Part 2 of the class (May 7, 8-10am), join Maggie and Bob for a neighborhood bird walk to put the new information into practice and see what birds we can find.
The presentation will be held online, and the location of the neighborhood walk is TBD (though will be held in the Madison area) and will be announced closer to the event date.
Another version of this class that focuses on winter birds commonly found in Madison-area neighborhoods and feeders is planned for late fall.
Register here!
Registration is now open to all!
About the instructors: Maggie and Bob Honig
Course instructors Maggie and Bob Honig
Maggie and Bob Honig have been observing and studying natural history for most of their lives. While living in and near Houston, Texas for several decades, they led numerous field trips/tours in Texas, to Glacier National Park in Montana, and to the Asa Wright Nature Centre in Trinidad; and they have been part of Earthwatch expeditions to study caterpillars and their parasitoids in Costa Rica, and sustainable watershed management in California. Each has given many presentations to nature and conservation organizations. They moved to Wisconsin in mid-2021 and since then have been volunteering for Madison Audubon and the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin.
Maggie has many years of experience teaching science to students of all ages, both in and out of the classroom. Bob was an environmental consultant and addressed such diverse issues as endangered species, wetlands, archaeology, recycling, and sustainability in addition to performing numerous bird surveys.
This class is part of Madison Audubon’s adult education series called the Audubon Naturalist Series. Many of the classes offer early registration for Madison Audubon members, but most also open for public registration if there are spots left in the class. Learn more about joining Madison Audubon here!
Cover photo by USFWS Midwest Region
