Name: Birds Below Zero - How Boreal Birds Survive and Thrive in the Depths of Winter in the Sax-Zim Bog
Start: 2025-11-19T19:00:00-06:00
Location: 1519 Water St, Stevens Point, WI 54481-3548, United States

Birds Below Zero - How Boreal Birds Survive and Thrive in the Depths of Winter in the Sax-Zim Bog

Join the Aldo Leopold Audubon Society for a talk with Sparky Stensaas, November 19th at the Lincoln Center or on Zoom!
All the owls, woodpeckers, grouse, chickadees and winter finches of the Sax-Zim Bog are cold hardy, and they have a multitude of survival tricks up their little feathered sleeves! Some thrive due to their amazing senses, others have snow-specific hunting skills, yet others have physiological strategies or anatomical quirks to help them thrive in the cold season. Cuddling and piloerection (not a dirty word!) also help birds stay warm. Did you know there are multiple species that even sleep the night away below the snow! HD Video will highlight some of these winter-warrior birds. Stay tuned…some of these tricks will blow your mukluks off!
Sparky will also share an introduction to Friends of Sax-Zim Bog and the best ways to visit the Sax-Zim Bog in winter.
Sparky Stensaas is the founder and executive director of Friends of Sax-Zim Bog (www.SaxZim.org), which has purchased & preserved over 25,000 acres of bog creating a forever home for future generations of birds and birders. A birder since age 14, Sparky is also a naturalist, publisher of field guides, wildlife photographer and now YouTuber (really?). He is the author of 6 books on the natural history of the North Woods. Sparky, his wife, Bridget, and two sons, Birk and Bjorn, make their home under the big pines in the Nemadji Valley in northern Minnesota. You can see more of Sparky's images at www.ThePhotoNaturalist.com and his bird/wildlife videos on YouTube “Sparky Stensaas”
This program is sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Audubon Society. Programs are FREE and open to the public. Watch this program on Zoom or at the Lincoln Center at 1519 Water Street, Stevens Point. RSVP at tinyurl.com/ALAS2025Nov19
This program will be recorded and available at https://www.youtube.com/@AldoLeopoldAudubonSociety. For more information on upcoming programs, visit www.AldoLeopoldAudubon.org.