Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day
Protect Insects and Protect Birds
Open House
Colored Sands Forest Preserve
May 11, 2024
7:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Wild Birds Unlimited and Forest Preserves of Winnebago County will be there.
Limited food and beverages available.
Come see the birds, the banding of birds, the beauty of the prairie during the spring and participate in a Silent Auction.
All donations and proceeds will go to the SBBO Scholarship Fund
NEWS FROM SAND BLUFF
Sand Bluff Birder – March 2023
Every banding season the question is, “What returns have we received of birds we banded in past seasons?” 2022 was a year with several migrants that returned to the Sand Bluff area. In birds that we recaptured, most notable, was an Eastern Kingbird caught in the...
Sand Bluff Birder – December 2022
The Sand Bluff Bird Observatory hawk station gained a new bit of flash this fall. It now sports a radio mast and 3 antennas, making it one of the newest receiver stations in the Motus network. The Motus network is...
Sand Bluff Birder – March 2022
Redpolls breed in the arctic tundra and boreal forests, so it is a real treat when an irruption year occurs, and the birdsseek a winter food source farther south. The last time I saw...