With a robin busily building its nest on a bench in front of the Nature Center, Bird Club members discussed upcoming projects and events. We are eager to attend CEI Bird Club member Jim Van Hoof’s “Bird Photography” presentation on Saturday April 18th. Several members are participating in the Midwest Crane count also on Saturday, […]
With Earth Day officially slated for April 22nd, Collins Marsh is celebrating it this month with 2 planned events at the Neustadter Nature Center. Won’t you join us? April 18, 2026 1:00pm “Bird Photography with Jim Van Hoof” Professional nature photographer Jim Van Hoof will share the basics of photographing our often elusive feathered friends […]
April on the marsh is a time of rebirth, reproduction, regeneration and return toproductivity fueled by the increasing warmth, length of daylight and precipitation that allthings green need to grow. The trees and shrubs are adorned in catkins covered withpollen welcoming the native bees as they awake from their winter dormancy. Amphibians know that it […]