Horicon Marsh Bird Club invites birders of all skill levels – as well as anyone who enjoys the great outdoors – to the 28th Annual Horicon Marsh Bird Festival This weekend-long event provides family-friendly activities and educational experiences designed to showcase Horicon Marsh’s role as an important habitat for birds and wildlife.

Highlights of this year’s Bird Festival NEW trips to Old Marsh Road, night sounds, boating and birding, LIVE birds of prey, smaller more intimate guided tours, and so much more!

Schedule of Events:

7:00 am - 12:00 pm - It’s Back! Mud Lake Bus Tour

Join us, as we branch out into new territory! Join Jeff Bahls, DNR Wildlife Supervisor, Andy Paulios and DNR property Manager Eric Kilburg, to explore one of Dodge County’s other marshes.Most of the 4,500-acre Mud Lake Wildlife Area is floodplain marsh, dominated by river bulrush and other aquatic plants. The Beaver Dam River runs through the heart of the property where it joins the Crawfish River at the southern portion. There is a mixture of forested hardwoods and grasslands in the outer areas.Mud Lake Wildlife Area is a great spot for marshland birds.

Possible birds include American bittern, sora, pelicans, black and Forster’s terns, bald eagle and a variety of warblers.We will start our tour boarding a bus at the Reeseville Community Center at 406 N. Main Street, in Reeseville, WI located in SW Dodge County.Bus departs at 7 AM SHARP. We will bird several habitats around the marsh and return to the Reeseville Community center at 12 PM.

Bring your usual birding things. NO lunch provided on this trip.Bathrooms will be single port-a-potty stop along the way. Tour could be heavy walking with up to a ½ mile of walking at a time along multiple DNR service trails.

This hidden gem is waiting to be discovered!

Registration with payment required.