When birds migrate between nesting and wintering sites, they don’t just stop anywhere; they rely on a handful of resource-rich and strategically located sites where they increase their body weight as they acquire the energy-rich fat stores needed to fly thousands of miles across continents and oceans. These places are known as stopover sites. Alma, Wisconsin is well known as a stopover site, where birds stop while traveling along The Mississippi Flyway.

Environment for the Americas, Wings Over Alma Nature & Art Center, Alma Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Alma, Wisconsin invite you to join our celebration and learn how to protect birds every day of the year through actions, stories & art. Join the celebration!

Plan your springtime travel around Alma, Wiscconsin's celebration of World Migratory Bird Day on May 9th.

As birds journey between breeding and non-breeding sites, Alma, Wisconsin is celebrating the importance of the places and habitats where they stop to rest and refuel. Many fly over 2,500 miles between Central & South America, where they winter, to the United States & Canada, where they will nest and raise young. Let's help them along the way!

BIRD'S THE WORD
Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day

SPRING BIRDING BY MINI-TRAIN (Two Events, 7am & 1pm)
May 9th, Reservation Required
Location: Tiffany Bottoms State Natural Area
Sponsor: Wings Over Alma Nature & Art Center
www.wingsoverlama.org
608.685.3303

BUFFALO COUNTY BIRDING
The Importance of Native Habitat
Presented by Marcie & Mike O'Connor
May 9th, 1:00pm
Event is free and open to the public
Location: Wings Over Alma Nature & Art Center

RIVER RAPTORS With Live Birds Of Prey
Presented by Abbie & Joe Krumrie
May 9th, 2:30pm
Event is free and open to the public
Location: Wings Over Alma Nature & Art Center

Photography along the Mississippi Flyway in Alma, Wisconsin provides perfect light, beautiful scenery and fantastic opportunities to photograph birds and waterfowl. Here are a few Alma birding scenes to give you a photo perspective. No Photoshop techniques used, all photos were taken with point & shoot cameras by amateur photographers.

World Migratory Bird Day is a conservation initiative that brings awareness to conserving migratory birds and their habitats throughout the Western Hemisphere of the world. They're theme for 2020 is BE THE SOLUTION TO PLASTIC POLLUTION.

Celebrating how to protect birds every day of the year through actions, stories & art in 2019 ... World Migratory Bird Day joins with partners across the globe to unify our voices for bird conservation.

http://www.migratorybirdday.org/

The Alma Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center is located in the Wings Over Alma Building on Main Street. Let us know if you have any questions or comments. We are happy to provide more details. Please email us 24/7 or call us to learn more.