Migratory Birds

Description

Join us for a discussion about the birds you might see and hear throughout Lapham Peak, from the melodic sound of the American robin to the elusive wood thrush.

Learn interesting facts about these songbirds and more, and how you can help make your space more bird-friendly, from ensuring safe migration paths to providing sources of food, water, shelter and places to nest and rear their young. Help celebrate World Migratory Bird Day 2025 all year long, focusing on how we can help birds where we live. This year’s theme is "Shared Spaces, Creating Bird-Friendly Cities and Communities."

Jessica Rice is an amateur birder and avid Lapham Peak enthusiast. Water resources and native plants are also her passions. She has volunteered at the park to help remove buckthorn and garlic mustard throughout the years and at Hausmann Nature Center. Since 2005, Jessica has served as the Citizen Lake Monitor for Silver Lake in Waukesha County. She has worked on invasive species prevention projects like the Clean Boats, Clean Waters watercraft education program and a Eurasian watermilfoil hand-pulling project. In addition, she is a graduate of the Wisconsin Lake Leaders Institute program.

Meet at the Hausmann Nature Center, Kettle Moraine State Forest - Lapham Peak Unit, W328 W846 County Road C, Delafield, WI 53018.