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SUMMARY:WINTER WALKABOUT AT PHEASANT BRANCH CONSERVANCY
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US FOR A WINTER WALKABOUT AT PHEASANT BRANCH CONSERVANCY! \nRegister for a Naturalist-led family walk\, or plan to pick up a photo-based “scavenger hunt” to use independently.  Winter is a marvelous time to hike as we can see many signs of creatures that live at the Conservancy such as bird nests\, animal prints\, animal droppings\, chewed stalks of plants and Goldenrod galls.   \nSATURDAY\, MARCH 13th-  10:00-11:00 am\nArrival time: 9:45.  We will depart for the Walkabout promptly at 10:00.                            \nMeeting Place: Shelter Building\, Orchid Heights Park\, 3960 Valley Ridge Road\, Middleton.   \nRegistration is required as space is limited to 12 people;  masks must be worn on the group walk and 6-foot distancing is expected.  All ages are welcome.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.   \nRegister HERE. \nPlease email our Education Coordinator\, Anne Boucher\, at education@pheasantbranch.org if you have any questions or need to change your registration.  \n 
URL:https://pheasantbranch.org/event/winter-walkabout-at-pheasant-branch-conservancy/
LOCATION:Orchid Heights Park\, 3960 Valley Ridge Rd\, Middleton\, WI\, 53562
CATEGORIES:Education Event
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SUMMARY:"Winter Morning Walks" Nature Writing Class
DESCRIPTION:These writing workshops are held in partnership with Troy Hess\, the founder of On the Yahara Writing Center.  We hope to include and engage interested participants of all ages and encourage an intergenerational approach for our Pheasant Branch Conservancy education outreach. These workshops are free and are funded by the Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy as part of our 25th Anniversary celebration. \nThe Winter Morning Walks nature writing class is inspired by the poetry collection by the same name written by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. These casually observed poems are called ‘postcards’ to a friend and offer readers a very approachable form of poetry to read and consider for our own written observations as we take our local walks this winter. \nThis class will be approached as a sequence of observation and writing.  Our hope is that you are able to draw from your most recent visits to the Pheasant Branch Conservancy or other hikes.  We might take writer’s notes\, make phenological observations\, even take pictures\, then we’ll talk about ways to assemble our experiences as nature journal entries in poetry form discussed from the book. \nFor a final project\, we might create our own ‘postcard’ and share them with others or submit them for publishing in an upcoming newsletter. No need to purchase the Winter Morning Walks book. All reading will be offered as part of the class. \nParticipants will meet via zoom. \nPreregistration required\, register here.
URL:https://pheasantbranch.org/event/winter-morning-walks-nature-writing-class/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, The instructor will send along a Zoom link two days in advance.\, WI
CATEGORIES:Education Event
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SUMMARY:Conservancy Day: Kestrel Boxes – The Difference They Make
DESCRIPTION:Conservancy Day programs are virtual events- PLEASE REGISTER . \nSpeaker will be Patrick Ready\, Madison Audubon volunteer and kestrel box manager.  \nPheasant Branch Conservancy has joined the initiative to support the American Kestrel. Over the past forty years American Kestrel numbers have dropped as much as 60% in the Eastern and Midwestern United States.  Through a program sponsored by Madison Audubon\, two nest boxes were installed in the Conservancy in the fall of 2019.  Madison Audubon has been mounting nest boxes on poles for over 25 years and now has 175 boxes in 5 different counties.  Learn why these boxes are so very important and how they are monitored by volunteers. \nBiography:   \nPatrick Ready is an artist and birder living on the west side of Madison. Four years ago he moved there to downsize but couldn’t resist landscaping his yard for birds\, bees and butterflies. Two years ago he retired from Wild Birds Unlimited where he was a backyard nature specialist. A long-time member and volunteer for Madison Audubon he has been monitoring Kestrel boxes for almost 10 years now. Currently he has 23 boxes he manages between Oregon and Mount Horeb. His boxes fledged 31 Kestrel chicks in 2019. Patrick is the current president of the Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin and editor of their newsletter the Wisconsin Bluebird. \nConservancy Day programs are virtual. To tune in live\, please register for the zoom link HERE. Can’t attend live? Not a problem. We will post links to the recordings on our YouTube channel\, Facebook page and here afterwards. \nEvery Conservancy Day is: \n\nFree — thanks to your donations and membership as a Friend\nOpen to the public\nFor all ages unless a specific age group is given in the program description\nDiverse topics — More than 400 participants each year enjoy topics ranging from wildlife\, science\, resource management\, natural and cultural history and current community issues\n\nMark your calendars for these inspiring and special events the third Thursday of each month\, from January through November.
URL:https://pheasantbranch.org/event/conservancy-day-2-2021-02-18-2021-03-18/
LOCATION:Virtual Conservancy Day
CATEGORIES:Conservancy Days,Education Event
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SUMMARY:"Winter Morning Walks" Nature Writing Class
DESCRIPTION:These writing workshops are held in partnership with Troy Hess\, the founder of On the Yahara Writing Center.  We hope to include and engage interested participants of all ages and encourage an intergenerational approach for our Pheasant Branch Conservancy education outreach. These workshops are free and are funded by the Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy as part of our 25th Anniversary celebration. \nThe Winter Morning Walks nature writing class is inspired by the poetry collection by the same name written by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. These casually observed poems are called ‘postcards’ to a friend and offer readers a very approachable form of poetry to read and consider for our own written observations as we take our local walks this winter. \nThis class will be approached as a sequence of observation and writing. Our hope is that you are able to draw from your most recent visits to the Pheasant Branch Conservancy or other hikes.  We might take writer’s notes\, make phenological observations\, even take pictures\, then we’ll talk about ways to assemble our experiences as nature journal entries in poetry form discussed from the book. \nFor a final project\, we might create our own ‘postcard’ and share them with others or submit them for publishing in an upcoming newsletter. No need to purchase the Winter Morning Walks book. All reading will be offered as part of the class. \nParticipants will meet via zoom. \nPreregistration required\, register here.
URL:https://pheasantbranch.org/event/winter-morning-walks-nature-writing-class-2021-03-29/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, The instructor will send along a Zoom link two days in advance.\, WI
CATEGORIES:Education Event
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