October is one of the most beautiful months of the year in Wisconsin, flaming redand yellow leaves accent the tree line and in most places the grass is still green. Thedecorations come out in yards, on porches and children select their Halloweencostumes with excitement! Darkness arrives earlier each day and there is a coolfreshness to […]
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 […]
At August Bird Club we talked about the changing seasons and how the birds are already preparing for migration. We enjoyed a congregation of great egrets just across from the Nature Center. The swallows are gathering in flocks, night hawks will be seen in the next week or so. Keep a look out for fall […]
August 13, 2025 9:30pm or earlier… Please join us at the Collins Marsh Neustadter Nature Center, 20021 Cty JJ, Reedsville for a guided tour of our night sky by local astronomy enthusiast Al Kluczinske. Highlighting our tour will be the Perseid Meteor shower. Although we’ll have the sturgeon moon brightening our view a bit, we […]
August is a great time for a visit to Collins Marsh. Although most of the migratingbirds of fall have not yet headed our way, there are many colorful residents that takeadvantage of the summer insect populations, tree swallows and purple martins arediving about, fly catchers hunt in the willows, egrets and great blue herons are […]
Join naturalist, author and radio host Rob Zimmer for a fun and informative exploration of many of the edible wild plants of Wisconsin. You’ll never look at “weeds“ the same way again as you learn about fun, interesting and tasty ways to use them in recipes at home. You’ll recognize many of these plants, some […]
A big thanks to everyone who attended Collins Marsh’s fun fest and treasure hunt! Visitors climbed the tower, participated in crafts, filled their tummies with delicious food, learned about bowfishing with the Rough Fish Assassins, and road-tripped the 45-minute trek around the marsh to collect tokens for prizes and learn more about this treasure of a […]
July on the marsh illustrates summer in full swing. There is activity everywhere,from our colorful migrant birds, flowering plants, croaking frogs to butterflies anddragonflies flitting here and there, too many things to see and experience in such ashort time. Summer in Wisconsin doesn’t seem to last that long, there are so manyplaces to visit and […]