Although April 22nd is officially Earth Day, Friends of Collins Marsh will be honoring it with events on April 26 & 27, 2025. Saturday, April 27th 9:00am CEI Birders Road Cleanup CEI Birders Adopt-a-HIghway Spring Trash pickup Saturday April 26th at 0900. Meet at the Neustadter Nature Center, 20021 CTY RD JJ, to pick up […]
April’s CEI Bird club meeting began with a welcome to several new birding enthusiast attendees. Upcoming events were then reviewed, including the Midwest Crane Count April 12th, CEI road cleanup April 26th, plus a newly scheduled event at the Nature Center on April 27th. Rebecca Jabs, who created the remarkable Divers and Dabblers panels at […]
It feels like time has taken forever, much like the anticipation of a visit from an oldfriend, waiting for weeks, then days for an arrival that took way too long. That issometimes what April feels like, waiting for the grass to turn green, the buds on thetrees to burst forth into leaves and the earliest […]
Event planning took up much of the March 11th CEI Bird club meetings’ agenda. Members reviewed the steps to register and participate in the Annual Midwest Crane count on April 12th. Our club covers many of the blocks on the western edge of Manitowoc County. There’s something magical about experiencing the sunrise with the sights and […]
March will be a busy month with all events held at the Neustadter Nature Center, 20021 Cty JJ, Collins, WI March 10, 10:00am CEI Bird Club . Everyone welcome! March 17 6:30 pm Seven Rivers Soil Cooperative Meet local farmers Michael Slattery and Ryan Sullivan. They will talk about the collaborative efforts of more than […]
It starts with the warmer intensity of the sun and longer length of daylight, drip, drip, drip, becomes a slow dribble as meltwater, obeying the law of gravity, makes its way downhill recharging groundwater, filling the creeks and streams that empty into Lake Michigan. Instead of snowfall we may experience some rain showers, and the […]
Finally- snow cover and comfortable temperatures will provide perfect snowshoeing conditions at the Marsh! We are happy to announce we’ll have free Snowshoeing this Saturday from 9am-4pm BYO or try out our snowshoes. Adult and children sizes available at no charge. First come, first serve. Join us!
CEI bird club members met on a frigid February 11th morning to catch up on their past month’s bird sightings, discuss the escalation of bird flu in the wild avian population and speculate as to what may be contributing to the decline of formerly abundant species in the Marsh. Black tern, yellow-headed blackbirds and black […]
February can be a difficult time for gardeners. So much brown and so little green in thelandscape. The cold weather seems to linger on, and winter keeps people inside more than theywant to be. One by one the seed catalogs have arrived in the mailbox, and it is a time ofdreaming and planning for spring […]