Party Time! Birding Blitz, Seed Picking & Kombucha & Kringle Party

The ABC is hosting its first party on Saturday, Sept. 22nd. Information and sign-up details are on the ABC Facebook page. Please pass the word around!
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Phase 1 of the trifecta is a bird blitz from 8-10AMish. Migratory waterfowl should be hanging out, but the interesting foci may be the sparrows. Did you know there have been 16 species of sparrows found at the ABC? All eleven listed in the chart below plus Nelson’s, Clay-Colored, Vesper, Lincoln’s & Le Conte’s. Mother Nature makes no guarantees, but we hope to have a few excellent birders on site to help us neophytes ID an unusual species or two.

Phase 2 runs from about 10AM until noon and entails picking prairie seeds which will be dried out later and spread on the conservancy over winter.   Bags will be provided.  Bringing gloves and snips or a knife would be greatly appreciated.

Lastly, around noon, we will offer up free pints of kombucha from Whitewater's very own Kombooch Brewing along with a variety of kringles to try.  Wine and cheese!  Nah.  Naturalists do their own thing...try some interesting combos...what fruit-flavored kringle goes best with berry hibiscus kombucha?