Coming Events


Coffee & Chocolate Tasting - for the birds!
Jan
30

Coffee & Chocolate Tasting - for the birds!

  • Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras building, Rehearsal B Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for a special evening of tasting certified Smithsonian Bird Friendly® coffee and chocolates! These products meet the gold standard for protecting rainforests where many of our songbirds winter.

Taste-test and purchase some of these products for yourself or for a loved one (after all, Valentine’s Day is coming up)!

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Saving Our Songbirds Together: Three ways to help at home
Jan
30

Saving Our Songbirds Together: Three ways to help at home

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Did you know your morning cup of coffee can save songbirds? Sample Bird Friendly® certified coffee from Barnwood Coffee in Two Rivers, Wis., and learn about other ways you can help save songbirds at home.

Plus get some supplies to jump start your efforts at this morning workshop and display, part of UW-Madison Arboretum’s Winter Enrichment Lecture Series.

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Bald Eagle Watching Days
Jan
18

Bald Eagle Watching Days

The Bald Eagle is finally officially our national bird! Join us in celebrating with Bird Friendly® coffee and cake from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, at Bald Eagle Watching Days in Sauk Prairie!

We’ll also share ways we can all help save our declining songbirds and turn them into a conservation success like the Bald Eagle!

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‘An Invitation to Wonder: Waubesa Wetlands’ film screening and event
Sep
29

‘An Invitation to Wonder: Waubesa Wetlands’ film screening and event

Waubesa Wetlands near Madison is one of Wisconsin's most studied water habitats and provides important food and shelter for waterfowl and migrating songbirds. Enjoy a free screening and event around ‘An Invitation to Wonder: Waubesa Wetlands,’ a film featuring Calvin DeWitt, a wetland scientist sharing the knowledge and wisdom he has found from living on the marsh for over 50 years. The filmmaker, Ben Albert, is his 20-year-old grandson.

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Swift Night Out
Sep
7

Swift Night Out

Swift Night Out returns this September, and SOS Save Our Songbirds will have a booth at this event where Madison bird-loving organizations celebrate the incredible natural phenomenon of Chimney Swifts coming in to roost during migration!

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Native Plant Sale Fundraiser
Sep
6
to Sep 7

Native Plant Sale Fundraiser

Fall’s a great time to add native plants to your yard that are good for birds, and we’re co-sponsoring an online native plant sale with Wild Ones Madison and Johnson’s Nursery that Madison area bird lovers will want to take advantage of.

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SOS booth at Orton Park Festival
Aug
24

SOS booth at Orton Park Festival

Visit our SOS booth on Saturday, Aug. 24, at one of the country’s longest-running outdoor music festivals. Great music, food, craft vendors, , and quirky traditions come together each year at the corner of Spaight and Ingersoll.

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Movers and Shakers: Reducing Bird-window Collisions in Your Community
Jul
31

Movers and Shakers: Reducing Bird-window Collisions in Your Community

North American bird populations have plunged 30 percent in recent decades and birds flying into windows is one of the leading causes. This online train-the-trainers style webinar shares the science behind why birds hit windows, solutions homeowners and communities can use to reduce collisions, and resources you'd need to share this information with others.

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Movers and Shakers: Reducing Bird-window Collisions in Your Community
Jul
31

Movers and Shakers: Reducing Bird-window Collisions in Your Community

North American bird populations have plunged 30 percent in recent decades and birds flying into windows is one of the leading causes. This online train-the-trainers style webinar shares the science behind why birds hit windows, solutions homeowners and communities can use to reduce collisions, and resources you'd need to share this information with others.

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Waterfront Festival
Jun
9

Waterfront Festival

Visit our SOS booth on the second day of this event that launches eastside Madison’s glorious season of summer music festivals. Learn about 3 easy ways to help birds around home and listen to hot local talent and touring national acts on two stages.

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Let's Talk Saving Our Songbirds
May
30

Let's Talk Saving Our Songbirds

Nearly 3 billion birds, or 30%, have vanished from North America since 1970 and the birds we most want to see and hear have suffered the biggest declines: warblers, finches, sparrows and blackbirds. The good news is the average Wisconsinite can be part of the solution! Learn how through a presentation and display.

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Bird Breakfast and Migration Celebration
May
18

Bird Breakfast and Migration Celebration

Join in a fun spring tradition that combines birding and a great breakfast! Woodland Dunes Nature Center & Preserve celebrates World Migratory Bird Day and the return of many of migratory songbirds! Stop by the SOS booth to learn more about three easy ways you can help birds at home.

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Party for the Planet
May
4

Party for the Planet

Party for the Planet is the Henry Vilas Zoo’s annual Earth Day celebration and SOS Save Our Songbirds is excited to have a booth here and help with planting a new kids’ garden creating plenty of bird habitat!

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Oshkosh Bird Fest
May
4

Oshkosh Bird Fest

It’s all about birds . . . A morning of birdy activities for the whole family to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day and the fact that Oshkosh is a BIRD CITY! Bring your binoculars to this free event with fun activities for all ages and information and supplies from the SOS Save Our Songbirds campaign.

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Webinar: 4 Ways to Keep Wisconsin Birds Fat & Healthy This Spring
Apr
30

Webinar: 4 Ways to Keep Wisconsin Birds Fat & Healthy This Spring

Get the skinny on Wisconsin’s fat (and not-so-fat) birds! As our state’s beloved birds fly overhead during their spring migration, we hope you’ll join us for a lunchtime webinar to learn some easy ways to help keep our native bird population fat, healthy, and flying. Plus be among the first to learn the winner of Wisconsin Fat Bird Week!

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Madison Bird & Nature Festival
Apr
28

Madison Bird & Nature Festival

Stop by our SOS Save Our Songbirds booth at the 11th Annual Madison FUN Bird and Nature Festival at Warner Park. This free event features a walk-through Live Raptor Show by Open Door Bird Sanctuary and a variety of interactive educational bird and nature exhibits.

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World Migratory Bird Day
Apr
27

World Migratory Bird Day

World Migratory Bird Day in Wausau brings a free event with fun for the whole family. A guided bird walk runs 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., view live birds, join in educational activities, games, prizes and crafts for kids, and a chance to talk to experts on the importance of insects to birds and planting native species.

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Native Plant Sale Fundraiser
Mar
26
to May 6

Native Plant Sale Fundraiser

A new native plant sale fundraiser is bringing native trees, shrubs and perennials to the Middleton area! Order online from March 21 to May 5 and pick up your plants May 10 at Holy Wisdom Monastery.

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SOS: Save Our Songbirds
Mar
21

SOS: Save Our Songbirds

  • Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary Nature Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

SOS Save Our Songbirds Coordinator Lisa Gaumnitz joins the Bay Area Bird Club for a conversation and display sharing campaign progress as well as information and supplies to take three easy actions at home to help our declining songbirds.

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