Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge to Celebrate Annual Birding Festival

On Saturday, May 10th, Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge invites everyone to the Refuge for our Annual
Birding Festival to Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)! Each year the Refuge celebrates WMBD
to encourage support for migratory bird conservation. The theme for this year’s installment of the annual
celebration is “Shared Spaces: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities and Communities”.
The festival runs from 7:00am to 12:30pm on Saturday, May 10th. Join us for a few hours or for the whole
celebration. This is an event for the whole family! Some of the activities include early bird hikes at 7:00 and
9:00 am and a guided photography hike at 10:30 am. There will also be bird banding demonstrations, a DIY
fun and easy bird feeder station, local organizations will have informational booths, books giveaways, and a
native plants garden raffle! River Valley Raptors will have live birds on site.
At the Outdoor Wonder Learning Center, we will have the 2024 Best of Refuge Photo Contest Exhibition for
participants to admire 8:00 – 9:00 am. Additionally, we will also have three presentations as follows: “Birds
and Windows” at 9:00 am, “Dark Skies” at 10:00 am and “River Valley Raptors” at 11:00 am

Hiking groups will be limited to twenty participants and ALL bird hikes during WMBD require pre-
registration. There will be multiple simultaneous hikes starting at 7:00 am and 9:00 am the day of the event.

Please call (608) 539-2311, ext. 2 to register your spot in the festivities of this year’s WMBD!
Due to Construction, enter the Refuge through Marshland Access (located on Hwy 35/54 about 5 miles west
of Centerville). A detour route will be posted directing traffic to our alternate entrance point. WMBD will
take place rain or shine but may be cancelled if there’s a high probability of thunderstorms.
Kick off this year’s annual birding festival by attending a talk by Scott Lee, a 33-year Trempealeau Elementary
teacher, 8-year UW La Crosse Environmental Studies teacher, and 50+ year refuge volunteer. The Friends of
Trempealeau Refuge will host Scott for a presentation on “Bird Adaptations” held the Friday evening before
the event, May 9th at Elmaro Vineyard at 6:30pm. No registration required.

World Migratory Bird Day events take place across our community and across the world to raise awareness
for the need to conserve migratory birds and their habitats. Learn more on our national USFWS World
Migratory Bird Day website.
For more information regarding the refuge, visit our website at https://www.fws.gov/refuge/trempealeau or
call (608)539-2311, ext. 2.