Second Saturday Hike - Birds and Blooms
Join us for our August Second Saturday Hike to learn more about the flowers and flyers of Hixon Forest! We'll make special stops at the rare prairie and oak savanna habitats stewarded by Friends of the Blufflands.
Time & Location
Aug 08, 2026, 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Hixon Forest Parking Lot, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA
About
Join Friends of the Blufflands on its Second Saturday Hike called "Birds and Blooms" on August 8th at 8:00 am. The hike will be led by Eileen Kirsch, retired from the USGS Upper Midwest Science Center as a bird expert, and Mike O'Brien, board member of Friends of the Blufflands and plant id'er extraordinaire!
The hike will begin at the lower Hixon parking lot and proceed on Hickory Trail to Savanna Trail, with an option to proceed to the top of Lookout Prairie. On the way, Eileen will identify birds by sight and by their calls. Bring your binoculars to catch a glimpse of some of the birds and your smartphones to use the bird call app Merlin. Mike will help with the bird identification and also be the one to identify the blooms along the way, as well as on the savanna and prairie. Maybe the indigo bunting, which…