WORK DAY  

Saturday, April 28 

9:00 AM - Noon 

(Rain date:  Saturday, May 5) 

Come help get the park spruced up for the summer season!  Wear work gloves and bring pruning shears or any tools you may have for cutting brush.  For more information, call 608-214-1716 or email info@cadizsprings.com 

Cadiz Springs Fling Into Summer! 

Sunday, June 3, 2012 

11:00 AM until 3:00 PM 

Games for kids!  Brats and hot dogs for sale! 

It’s Open House day at all Wisconsin State Parks: no admission sticker is required, and no fishing license is needed.  Funds raised at our food stand will be used to help purchase new playground equipment for the park. 

Come celebrate the beginning of summer! 

Mark Your Calendar! 

Next meeting: Monday, April 9, 6:30 PM in the east shelter of the park, weather permitting, or at N2090 Allen Rd., Browntown 

Saturday, August 25: 5K & 10K Trail Run   10:00 AM 

Signs Of Spring At Cadiz Springs 

                                                       Wildlife photos by Robert Ault 

By mid-March some species of songbirds have returned, including robins, red-winged blackbirds and bluebirds; sandhill cranes can be heard in the wetlands; Canada geese and some ducks may be seen on the lakes; and pussy willows are showing. 

From the latter half of March through mid-April flocks of ducks and other migratory waterfowl come and go. Mallards, buffleheads, teals, scaups, ring-necked ducks, northern shovelers, coots, grebes, and herons are common. Other species, including canvasbacks, redheads, swans, pelicans, and loons may occasionally be seen as well. 

Ospreys have been sighted as early as April 10. Bald eagles can be seen occasionally all year long. 

Early wild flowers such as bloodroots and Dutchman’s breeches usually bloom around mid-April, but are sometimes seen earlier. They are followed by trillium, spring beauties, marsh marigolds, and a succession of other beautiful flowers throughout the spring, summer and fall.