In 2018, Badgerland Bird Alliance (formerly Madison Audubon) launched the Bald Eagle Nest Watch program with the goal to monitor and better understand how Bald Eagle populations are doing in Wisconsin. The program began with just a dozen nests in Dane County and has grown to include over 100 nests in 36 counties! 

Brenna will present a program for Metro Audubon about how the program works, and how the 2023 Bald Eagle nesting season went. This will be a hybrid presentation (both in-person and online options). More information will be available on the Metro Audubon website.

Learn more about Bald Eagle Nest Watch — Badgerland Bird Alliance

About the speaker

Brenna Marsicek (she/her) coordinates and helps with many of Badgerland Bird Alliance's citizen science programs (Bald Eagle Nest Watch, Bird Collision Corps, Christmas Bird Count, Kestrel Nest Box Monitoring Program), and plans events and field trips throughout the year. Brenna grew up in Minnesota, earned degrees from UW-Madison, and spent 7 years in Wyoming before moving back to Madison to work at Badgerland Bird Alliance. She is a general nature enthusiast -- including but not limited to birds!

Photo: three eaglets in the nest, by Larry Horsfall, BENW volunteer