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Song Birds
The interior of Horicon Marsh is home to a wide variety
of marsh birds, from ducks and geese to pelicans,
herons, egrets and cormorants. However, the scattered
woodlands provide home to a great array of songbirds
that can be found during the spring and fall migration
as well as summer nesting populations. A close look
may reveal a range of colorful songsters hiding among
the dense foliage.
Fall Migration of Canada Geese
To some, the name Horicon Marsh has almost become
synonymous with Canada geese. Each fall the largest
migratory flock of Canada geese in the world migrates
through Horicon Marsh with peak numbers reaching
more than 200,000! The geese begin to arrive in
mid-September, but for many the most popular time to
see this fall spectacle is in mid-October as numbers
approach the fall peak, other wildlife is still abundant,
and fall colors paint a perfect background.
Rare & Endangered Species
For those that enjoy wildlife, Horicon Marsh has long
been known as one of the best places in the upper
Midwest to see birds. While 300 different kinds of birds
have been recorded at the marsh over the years, it is
home to a number of threatened and endangered
species and a lure for the occasional rare sighting.
Marsh Mammals
Certainly birds are among the most visible forms of
wildlife, yet other animals inhabit Horicon Marsh.
Although many mammals come out at night, there is
always the chance of seeing white-tailed deer in the
uplands - or muskrats, mink and river otters as they
swim through Horicon's shallow waters.
Marsh Mammals
Wildlife comes in all shapes and sizes and the frogs,
turtles and snakes are as much a part of a healthy
wetland ecosystem as its birds and mammals. Painted
turtles and snapping turtles are abundant at Horicon
Marsh, as well as several different kinds of frogs. Only
three species of common snakes live in the Horicon
area and none of these are poisonous - in fact, most
of them are rarely even seen, but play an important
role in nature.
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The Birds of Horicon - Naturalist Program
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Hike
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Education Center
Horicon Marsh has been formally recognized as a Wetland of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention of the United Nations. This renowned marsh is now home to the Horicon Marsh International Education Center.
Due to its international significance, and the fact that scientists from around the world have traveled here for professional training to improve conservation programs in their own countries, this facility is called the International Education Center. Over the years, 66 delegations of scientists from 41 foreign countries have come to Horicon Marsh to participate in special educational programs.
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Make A Donation
If you wish to support the Friends of the Horicon Marsh International Education Center in the completion of its capital campaign and development of its new facility, simply download the contribution form and mail it with your check to the Horicon Marsh International Education Center, N7725 Highway 28, Horicon, WI. 53202.
Thank you for your support of the Horicon Marsh International Education Center. Your gift will benefit the wildlife inhabitants and visitors who come together there.
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Horicon Marsh Facts
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Education Center
The Plan for the
Education Program at
the Horicon Marsh
International Education
Center and Horicon
Marsh Wildlife Area provides for construction
of an 18,865 square foot multi-story addition
to a current facility.
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