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"Round Yellow-Rumped Warbler" is one of Wisconsin Fat Bird Week's rotund contestants for 2025. Photo by Andy Raupp
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MADISON - The burning question of spring is not "when's the last frost?" but rather "which chubby entry into the second annual Fat Bird Week contest will take the crown?"
People will answer that question May 2-9 when they vote daily for their favorite bulbous bird in Wisconsin Fat Bird Week, a bracket-style elimination tournament.
The contest is hosted by the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin and SOS Save Our Songbirds. While people "weigh in" with their votes, the organizations will be sharing fun facts about Wisconsin's native birds and how to keep them fat and healthy. Organizers hope that while people are having fun with the voting, they will also take a minute to learn about window collisions, planting native plants, bird-friendly coffee, and going birding during the Great Wisconsin Birdathon.
Eight contestants have waddled into this year's Wisconsin Fat Bird Week bracket:
• Neckless Northern Cardinal
• Dark-eyed Junco in the Trunko
• Enormous Eastern Bluebird
• Spherical White-throated Sparrow
• Rotund Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Pudgy Pine Warbler
• Round Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Well-fed Yellow Warbler
To see all the contestants, sign up for voting reminders, or vote starting this Friday, visit WisConservation.org/FatBirdWeek. |
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The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin (NRF) protects our state’s lands, waters, and wildlife by providing funding, leading partnerships, and connecting all people with nature. NRF invests over $1 million each year into conservation and environmental education and leads several diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts for Wisconsin’s conservation community. NRF also helps people explore the outdoors by coordinating 250+ expert-led Field Trips each year to Wisconsin’s most special places and hosts The Great Wisconsin Birdathon, the state’s largest fundraiser for bird conservation. Learn more and get involved at www.WisConservation.org.
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