Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center to host Driftless Birding Fest November 12
The Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center will host the Driftless Birding Fest Saturday, November 12. The Driftless Birding Fest will include speakers, exhibits and self-guided field trips to area birding hotspots. The self-guided field trips will include the Brownsville MN overlook, Stoddard, WI overlook, New Albin’s Army Road, Red Oak Road near Harpers Ferry and the Ferryville, WI overlook.
At 1 p.m. Saturday, November 12, a program entitled “Commercial Waterfowl Hunting on the Mississippi Flyway” will be presented at the Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center in Lansing by Allamakee County Conservation Naturalist Ross Geerdes.
Self-guided field trips are available anytime during that November 12-13 weekend. Maps and directions to each site will be available from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday the week prior to the Driftless Birding Festival at the Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center in Lansing.
The Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center will be closed Friday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. Anyone who would like to pick up information on the self-guided field trips November 11 may do so by visiting the Allamakee County Conservation Facebook page and the Allamakee County Conservation website at allamakeecountyconservation.org.
Self-Guided Maps and exhibits will also be available Sunday, November 13 at the Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center from 12-4 p.m.
In conjunction with the activities at the Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center, the Ferryville, WI Tourism Council will be hosting a Fall Migration Day at Ferryville’s Riverview Park with spotting scopes and expert birders from the Coulee Region Audubon. The event will be from 9-11a.m with an opportunity to view Tundra Swans, canvasback ducks, and bald eagles among many other species of migrating birds.
The Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center is located at 1944 Columbus Road, Lansing. It is operated by the Allamakee County Conservation Board. For more information on this program or any program offered by the Allamakee County Conservation Board, contact the Driftless Center at 563-538-0403 or by following the Allamakee County Conservation on Facebook.
