"Insect Super-Powers" Bird and Nature Adventure at Pheasant Branch Encampment with Marjorie Rhine

Name: "Insect Super-Powers" Bird and Nature Adventure at Pheasant Branch Encampment with Marjorie Rhine
Start: 2025-09-27T13:30:00-05:00
Location: Pheasant Branch Encampment

Schedule

Sat, 27 Sep, 2025 at 01:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Pheasant Branch Encampment | Middleton, WI

Sat Sep 27 1:30 "Insect Super-Powers" Bird and Nature Adventure at Pheasant Branch Encampment with Marjorie Rhine
4864 Pheasant Branch Road, meet at Pheasant Branch Prairie Encampment parking lot, bring water, no bathroom
Join UW Professor Marjorie Rhine for a free fun family friendly guided outing or take a healthy nature walk on your own any day in September to look for and learn about fascinating insects you see on plants and along the trails. Discover how insects play starring roles in samurai helmet design and Japanese art, textiles, haiku and anime (Japanese animation)! Explore the super-powers of insects all around us on an insect safari. Learn about the special way dragonflies see, how honeybees communicate, how insects are crucial to our food supply, and much more! See http://tinyurl.com/MadisonFUNAdventures and the Friends of Pheasant Branch Facebook page for a trail map and Fun Facts about Insect Super-Powers in Japanese culture and your backyard, and post pictures and comments! Free, welcoming, healthy, fairly accessable, family and kid friendly, educational, no registration required, no pets. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Fourth Saturday Every Month Guided Bird and Nature Adventures at Pheasant Branch are co-sponsored by Madison FUN partners Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance, Wild Ones and Friends of Pheasant Branch. See their websites and Facebook pages for more activities! Contact 608-698-0104