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Our facility will be closed on Tuesday, Jan 21st due to the extreme cold.

Our building will reopen to the public at 9am on Wednesday, Jan 22nd, should conditions improve.

As always, our grounds and trails featuring self-guided tours are free and open daily from dawn until dusk.

Our facility is open on weekdays from 9am to 4pm and on weekends from 10am to 2pm.

As always, our grounds and trails featuring self-guided tours are free and open daily from dawn until dusk.

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We’re hosting a bird-focused Quarterly Earth Day

We’re hosting a bird-focused Quarterly Earth Day event this weekend!
Join us at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center on Saturday, January 25th at 10am for Bird & Nature Adventure, sponsored by FUN (Friends of Urban Nature) Groups, hiking through the grounds into Edna Taylor Conservancy. Afterwards, join us inside to make pinecone bird feeders that you can bring home to continue your observations there or hang on one of the trees at ALNC.
This event is hosted in partnership with the MESBA (the Monona East Side Business Alliance). No registration required.
Follow the Linktr.ee in our bio to visit our website for more information.
Photo: Aldo Leopold Nature Center
#QuarterlyEarthDay #WIEnviroEd #NatureIsEverywhere #NatureIsForEveryone #EveryBodyOutside

“Owl pellets are kind of gross but I like findin

“Owl pellets are kind of gross but I like finding the tiny bones!” - Vacation Day student
Last Friday, the Vacation Day students dissected dried and sterilized owl pellets, using tweezers and a bone sorting chart to identify tiny bones from rodents, shrews, moles, and birds.
Owl pellets are made of indigestible materials that cannot pass through the owl’s digestive tract. Teeth, skulls, claws, fur, and feathers are compacted in the owl’s gizzard. Then, the owl regurgitates a pellet that is smooth and cylindrical.
At the beginning of this exercise, the students found that it was hard to extract the bones because the pellets were very compact. After a bit of work, they managed to find rodent skulls with big yellow teeth, thin pieces of ribs, and rounded vertebrates.
Dissecting pellets teaches useful information about what owls eat and provides for great discussion on predator-prey relationships.
Photos: Stephanie Briand, Aldo Leopold Nature Center
#VacationDay #OwlPellets #WIEnviroEd #NatureIsEverywhere #NatureIsForEveryone #EveryBodyOutside

You have until Sunday, January 26th to enter in th

You have until Sunday, January 26th to enter in the Summer Camp lottery for full-day camps!
Families can indicate their preferences in either the full summer and/or one of the two-week sessions. This summer, we’re offering full-day camps for ages 4 to 10 – as well as Adventurers Camps, which include one night overnight, for ages 11 to 13.
Check out our 2025 Summer Camp brochure to discover the weekly themes that will provide your child with exciting, hands-on experiences in nature they won’t soon forget.
Visit our website (Linktr.ee in bio) for more information
Photo: Aldo Leopold Nature Center
#SummerCamp #WIEnviroEd #NatureIsEverywhere #NatureIsForEveryone #EveryBodyOutside

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We’re hosting a bird-focused Quarterly Earth Day event this weekend!Join us at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center on Saturday, January 25th at 10am for Bird & Nature Adventure, sponsored by FUN (Friends of Urban Nature) Groups, hiking through the grounds into Edna Taylor Conservancy. Afterwards, join us inside to make pinecone bird feeders that you can bring home to continue your observations there or hang on one of the trees at ALNC. This event is hosted in partnership with the MESBA (the Monona East Side Business Alliance). No registration required.Learn more at aldoleopoldnaturecenter.org/event/quarterly-earth-day-winter-hike-seed-feeder/.Photo: Aldo Leopold Nature Center#QuarterlyEarthDay #WIEnviroEd #NatureIsEverywhere #NatureIsForEveryone #EveryBodyOutside ...

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