Dear friends and bird lovers,
We have finalized the schedule for the Chequamegon Bay Birding & Nature Festival to be held May 18-20, 2023, in Ashland, Wisconsin. 
This year’s event will feature dozens of field trips, and the return of indoor programs, workshops, Keynote Speaker and a Dinner.
You can expect many of the same things that have made this festival one of the best in the Midwest – great birds, beautiful destinations, expert trip leaders, and time spent in nature with old and new friends alike.
Back this year is the Friday Night activities such as Silent Auction, Dinner, Sightings of the Day and Keynote Speaker (Dr. James Paruk, Loon Lessons: Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver)
We have also planned a pre-event Stockton Island Cruise for Wednesday, May 17.
Registration is OPEN. Please go to the Schedule or Registration page for information on registration and activities.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN!!

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Spring Birding - Chequamegon Bay

Despite the weather, the birding has been good! Feeders are hosting large numbers of Dark-eyed Juncos, Fox Sparrows, and American Tree Sparrows, as well as some Evening Grosbeaks still. Flooded fields have dabbling ducks, shorebirds such as snipe and yellowlegs, and many gulls, including rare Lesser Black-backed and Iceland. Great numbers of loons, grebes, and diving ducks line the waters of Lake Superior. And Ryan Brady found only the 2nd Bayfield County record of Say’s Phoebe near Herbster on April 27. It’s that time of year… every day is different and you never know what you might find!.

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