CEI’s annual membership meeting is slated for Saturday, September 27th beginning at 10 am. We will start with a short business meeting. Next Wild Ones Fox Valley speaker Shannon Davis-Foust will present “Buzzing for Balance: Pollinators, Food Production, and Wetlands”. Join us for an engaging talk on the essential work of pollinators, the growing impacts of […]
Fall was in the air when CEI Birders met for their September meeting. The first ever Manitowoc County sighting of a swallowtail kite was announced by one member. The declining numbers of fall migrating warbler species and numbers was discussed, with the drop attributed in part to the wildfires at their nesting sites in Canada. […]
September brings with it the shortening day length, cooler temperatures and aseason where plants are finishing seed production to ensure their species persists fornext year. Birds and some insects have decided to migrate in search of better foodsources for the winter or because of changing daylight and temperatures. Spiders areutilizing the tall grasses to spin […]