Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed and Friends of Collins Marsh welcome the public to aday of activities celebrating life at the marsh. Events take place at Collins Marsh & Nature Center, 20021 County Road JJ, Reedsville, WI 54230 10:00-11:00: A presentation, “Birds of Collins Marsh” by Dr. Medhavi Ambardar, Chief Scientist at the […]
Join us May 20, 2025 at 6:00pm for Birds and Bugs. A presentation by award-winning nature photographer John Walch. John will showcase images capturing the beauty and diversity of birds visiting our area throughout the year The program will highlight the important connection between birds and insects in the environment. Held at Neustadter Nature Center ,.20021 County Rd […]
CEI Birders “took a hike” for this month’s meeting. Walking along the loop trail around the nature center grounds, members enjoyed the sights and sounds of mostly resident birds- orioles, kingbirds, pelicans, song sparrows and many more. Yellow warblers dominated the migrating species seen. Especially entertaining was the honking of the local trumpeter swan couple […]
Wetlands come alive in May and Collins Marsh is no exception,booming with life! Under the serene looking waters there is a wholedifferent aquatic world that we don’t get to see. As the length of dayincreases and temperatures warm both on land and in the water, there is apalette of color before you. Green occurs in […]
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 […]