10/17 & 10/24/17 The Birds and The Bees 

Winter Birds with Rick Fare   October 17, 2017 

Many species of birds can survive our Wisconsin winters.  This program will help you identify them and inform you about the physiological and behavioral adaption they have evolved to cope with harsh winter conditions.  Ways to attract them to your yards will also be covered.

Honey Bees: What’s All The Buzz About?   With Vicki Steger    October 24, 2017

Vicki’s lifelong interest in bees led her to share her backyard with thousands of these highly developed insects. The docile honeybee lives in a complex society now threatened by pesticides, disappearing habitats, pollution, factory farming, diseases, and other dangers. Without these essential pollinators, one-third of the food we eat could disappear. Learn what we can do to help our honeybees thrive again.

 Questions? Contact  Jo Ann Shea, 262-554-8081,  joaz44@hotmail.com

OUR CLASS PRESENTERS:

 RICK FARE                OCTOBER 17 

Rick has been an avid birder for 35 years who has seen over 350 species of birds in Wisconsin. He served as past president and current education chair for HOY Audubon Society of Kenosha and Racine, and was past vice-president for the Wisconsin Audubon Council. He has coordinated bluebird trails in Kenosha and Racine counties for the Bluebird Restoration Society of Wisconsin. He was the 2016 recipient of the Bronze Passenger Pigeon Award for contributions to birds by the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology.

 Did you know: legislation in 1949 made the American Robin Wisconsin’s State Bird

 VICKI JOHNSON-STEGER             OCTOBER 24

 Vicki is a published author, a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI).  Vicki also serves as a volunteer at Kenosha Public Museums, and, of course, she’s a backyard beekeeper.

“The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.”                                                                                          Henry David Thoreau

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