Field
Trips
Audubon:
the Art of Nature
Explore the Life and Art of John James Audubon
New London Public Museum
April 20- October 30, 2010
Tuesdays 10-7
Wednesday thru Fridays 10-5
Saturdays 10-2
Fall
Field Trips and Workshops
Riggs
County Park, Ripon. Wednesday, Sept. 15, 4:00 to
6:00 PM. Take a walk with County Planner, Sam Tobias,
on the expanded Riggs trails, and learn about plans for
future Fond du Lac County parks. Riggs Park is the
largest and newest of Fond du Lac County parks and offers
boardwalk trails through a wetland, an observation deck
overlooking a native prairie restoration, picnic shelter, a
climbing wall, and a frisbe golf course. Riggs Park
is located at N8137 Douglas St., Ripon. Meet at the
east side of Shrinner's parking lot to car pool at 3:30 or
at the Riggs Park shelter at 4:00. Bring binoculars
for bird watching and insect repellent.
Hobbs
Woods, Passport to the Niagara Escarpment
Stamping, Sat., Sept. 18, 1–3:30 pm; Sun., Sept. 26, 10
am–1 pm.
Nature
Photography Workshop, Saturday, October 2, 2-5:00 PM, FDL School District's
Conservation Education Center on Highway 23 West. Come
experience hands-on nature photography. Ted Eischeid will
introduce the basics of nature photography in a natural
setting. Participants will then have a chance to practice
their skills at the FDL School District's Conservation
Education Center. A sharing session will follow. All
photographers are invited, but the emphasis is on amateurs
with simple digital cameras. Be sure to bring a patch cord
and a power cord for sharing your work at the end of the
workshop or bring a laptop computer for this purpose if
available. Also wear appropriate outdoor clothing and
shoes/boots for the weather since we will be spending some
time outside capturing images. Limit: 20
participants,
Contact Kathleen Stetter to reserve a place (872-2250
or Stetter@Centurytel.net).
Kiekhaefer
Park, Passport to the Niagara Escarpment
Stamping, Sat., Oct. 9, 9 am–noon.
Natural
Landscaping: Hanson Home.
Saturday, Oct. 9, 2:00
to 4:00 PM, Meet with landscape architect Ann Hanson and
tour her beautifully landscaped yard. Drive north on
Highway 151 to N8707 Highway 151 (just before Hy Q).
Facilitator: Earl Jewett; Limited to 16 people. Try
to car pool as parking is limited. Contact Kathleen Stetter
(Stetter@Centurytel.net
or 920-871-2250) to
reserve a place for this rare opportunity.
Costa
Rica Hiking Adventure Tour
The Costa Rica Hiking Adventure
Tour, January 11-19, 2011, is sponsored by UW-Stevens Point
Adventure Tours and the Aldo Leopold Audubon Society. If
any of our members sign up for the trip, the tour company
will donate $50 to our Fond du Lac County Audubon. The cost
is $2050 and includes meals, ground transportation, guides,
hotels, etc., but not the international airfare. There is
room for 16 people and registration closes before October.
The trip will include a chocolate tour, canoeing the Puerto
Viejo River, dance lessons, riding a zip line, a night
hike, a pineapple tour, and visiting a biological station
and Arenal Volcano National Park. Contact John Munson at
715-340-4855 or barbjohn@charter.net. More details will be posted
on the Audubon website later.
Yaktrax, Hike, or
Snowshoe, on the East Branch of the Fond du Lac
River. Thurs., Feb. 3, 1 pm. Diana Beck, facilitator.
Aldo Leopold
“Shack” & Legacy Center, Sat., April 23, 7:30 am–3 pm. Limit 25.
Dandelion
Festival, Sat., May 7,
10:30 am–4 pm, Sunseed Eco-Education Center, Mt. Calvary.
Things that Go Bump
in the Night–Listening at Supple
Marsh, Wed., June 15, 8–10:30 pm. Ted Eischeid,
facilitator. Limit 10 boats (canoes or kayaks).
Nature
Journalling, Tues., July 12, 6–8:30 pm. Moraine Park
Technical College, Room 0-104. Judy Barisonzi,
facilitator.
For more information
on field trips contact
Kathleen Stetter:
920-872-2250