12th Anniversary of Chequamegon Bay Birding & Nature Festival -- 3 days of birding and nature activities on Wisconsin's south shore of Lake Superior at the peak of spring migration. 

Registration for the 2018 Festival will open March 15, 2018 at 10am.

With over 100 field trips and programs on all things nature, such as birds, butterflies, wildflowers, snails, spiders, elk, pine martens, frogs, fish, and mushrooms.  We also have birding by bicycle, kayaking trips, Apostle Islands cruises, Loon Pontoon, live bats and birds, mammal tracking, geocaching, and more. Renowned speakers and trip leaders, such as Ruth Oppedahl (Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin), Larry Weber (author and naturalist), Adrian Wydeven (Timber Wolf Alliance), Tracy Hames (Wisconsin Wetlands Association), Tom Nicholls (WSO Golden Passenger Pigeon award winner) and local birding experts Ryan Brady, Nick Anich, Tim Oksiuta, Dick Verch, David Bratley, and more.

Birders and nature lovers of all skills and ages will find a wealth of choices at this year's festival. 

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Imagine...Work where you play!

Al Batt of Hartland, Minnesota is a writer, speaker, storyteller and humorist. Al writes humor and nature columns for many newspapers and does regular radio shows about nature. He writes a number of popular cartoon strips that are syndicated nationally and is author of the book, "A Life Gone to the Birds."

2017 Birds Seen
Our festival has something for everyone.

A "Brewster's" Warbler was found among 25 warbler species. The Bayfield (Les Voigt) Fish Hatchery was especially good with flocks of warblers foraging below eye level just above the surface water, a key source of insect prey in such difficult conditions. Other fun finds included Sharp-tailed Grouse, Harris's Sparrow, Yellow-headed Blackbird, American Pipit, Philadelphia Vireo, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Upland Sandpiper, Northern Goshawk, Rough-legged Hawk, and large numbers of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at area feeders.

Can't wait to see what's in store for us in 2018!

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At our 11th annual Chequamegon Bay Birding & Nature Festival the weather was a bit challenging but birders -- and the birds they watch -- are a hardy group, and the 380+ participants seemed to have a wonderful time. No doubt the highlight was the extremely cooperative Lewis's Woodpecker, which was seen by all who sought it..

Also notable were two other species not found during any of our ten previous festivals, several Long-billed Dowitchers and a late Snow Bunting. Good weather or not, it's great fun -- I promise!

 

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