HUMMINGBIRD FACTS:
Click here for information on Hummingbirds.

BEAR FACTS:
Click here for information on bears.

FROG FEST '08
BEAVER CREEK RESERVE
Tuesday, April 29th
7 p.m.
Wise Nature Center
Register and pay by
April 27th
(715) 877-2212
Click here to go to the Beaver Creek Reserve Website.

Frog Fest '08 is an annual event not only at Beaver Creek but taking place throughout Wisconsin each spring as the ponds begin to thaw. The Wisconsin Frog Fest circuit hosts 11 frog performers and 1 toad. Join Reserve Naturalist Ruth Forsgren as she helps you to identify by sight and sound your local performers. The evening will end with a hike down to Beaver Creek's own frog chorus marsh. Please dress appropriately for cool evening weather and possible muddy terrain. A flashlight may also prove helpful.
Full payment required at registration until April 27
Friends $5 Adult/$3 Child
Nonmembers $7 Adult/$4 Child

INFORMATION ON THE ANNUAL CRANE COUNT:

Saturday, April 19, 2008

5:30 am — 7:30 am
Midwest Annual Crane Count
Contact: Alyssa Rod and Casey Gutkowski
Phone: 608-356-9462 x127
Email: naturalists@savingcranes.org
Become an active participant in crane conservation! Read more

Help ICF monitor the Eastern population of Greater Sandhill Cranes as they return to their breeding grounds in the Midwest. Participate in the 2008 Midwest Crane Count! You might even be lucky enough to spot a member of the reintroduced flock of endangered Whooping Cranes!

Saturday, April 19, 2008 from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time join thousands of volunteers spanning all of Wisconsin and portions of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota in the effort to count cranes.

Learn all about the Sandhill Crane, from the International Crane Foundation based in Baraboo. Click here.