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Friends Alaska Trip 2017

Fourteen members of the Friends of Retzer Nature Center recently flew to Alaska on a fourteen day natural history tour of the state. The trip was led by Board member David Block, who has organized travel programs in Alaska many times. The trip included overnight stays at Sitka, Juneau, Skagway,…
November 20, 2017
Projects

Planetarium Premiers New Video System

For 39 years, the School District of Waukesha’s Charles Horwitz Planetarium has been using slides for its basic form of media projection.  This fall, at Retzer Nature Center’s Apple Harvest Festival, the planetarium will celebrate the beginning of its 40 year with the premier of a completely new digital sound…
July 10, 2017
Retzer Retro

Parents, Tell Your Children: Fluttering, Flirtations, Fairies

(Excerpts below are from an article on butterflies entitled, “Parents, Tell Your Children: Fluttering, Flirtations, Fairies” which was authored by Retzer naturalist Karen Mann and first appeared 30 years ago in the May/June 1992 “Center Line” issue. In this article, she aptly describes in detail the morphology, physiology, adaptation, reproduction…
July 10, 2017
Events

Bird Sightings (June 16, 2017)

The following 36 species were seen during the bird hike on June 16th at Retzer Nature Center: Orchard Oriole American Robin Red-winged Blackbird Bobolinks Song Sparrow Field Sparrow Eastern Bluebird American Goldfinch American Crow Eastern Kingbird Northern Cardinal Brown-headed Cowbird Black-capped Chickadee Northern Flicker Sandhill Crane Barn Swallow House Wren…
July 10, 2017
Projects

Woodside at Retzer

Shared by Woodside Elementary Teacher, Peter Dargatz. The 2016-2017 school year marked the beginning of a creative collaboration between the staff and volunteers of the Retzer Nature Center and the nature kindergarten program at Woodside Elementary in Sussex. Over the school year,  eight experiences were split between the nature center grounds…
July 10, 2017
Retzer Retro

A Place for Coyote

(Excerpts below are from an article on coyotes entitled, “A Place for Coyote” which was authored by Retzer volunteer naturalist Maureen Patton-Gross and first appeared 30 years ago in the Mar/Apr 1987 “Center Line” issue. In the article, she clearly distinguished coyotes from other canids based on their size, color,…
June 4, 2017
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