Festival of Spring

Admire and acquire some beautiful annuals and perennials at the Paine Art Center and Gardens annual Festival of Spring on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Festival of Spring is a free outdoor event featuring the Paine’s annual spring plant sale and more than 100 vendors of original art, fine crafts…

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Ultimate Oshkosh and Winnebago County Birding Guide

Do you enjoy walking outdoors, bird watching, or bird photography? If so, Oshkosh, a designated Bird City Wisconsin community, is the right place for you. Oshkosh and Winnebago County offer several unique locations for birding. Beautiful lakes, rivers and wetlands provide a variety of habitats for…

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Spring birdwatching in Oshkosh

[caption id="attachment_81637" align="alignright" width="400"] Photo taken by Ray Pan[/caption] This a beautiful time of year to go birding in Oshkosh. As the temperatures warm and the days grow longer, surprises spring from the prairies and marshes around Oshkosh. This is a season when sparrows…

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Beautiful Winter Walks

Oshkosh is a city that’s great for walkers year-round. This activity is perfect for nature lovers. Surrounding wildlife areas provide excellent habitat and ensure that there are always lots of beautiful birds to see in and around Oshkosh. During the winter, wild spaces are absent of foliage and it’s…

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Fishing Oshkosh: ‘Bago Basics

An angler could spend a lifetime fishing Lake Winnebago and still not know all its secrets. This enormous lake offers 138,000 acres of open water. It stretches for nearly 30 miles from north to south and eight miles from east to west. And the fishing? Lake Winnebago offers a fishery to match its…

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Discover the Wiouwash State Trail this Spring

The Wiouwash State Trail is the perfect place for a spring ride. As the trail runs north from Oshkosh, it passes through wetlands, prairies, patches of forest and sprawling farmland. As you pedal along, you’ll see the landscape coming back to life after a long winter’s slumber under a heavy blanket…

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It’s Time to Be Dazzled: Where to Find Fall Color in Oshkosh

Oshkosh is a great place to see fall color. The community’s many parks, combined with Lake Winnebago and the Fox River, provide endless autumn views. Here are three of the best places to enjoy the full range of breathtaking hues this fall. Menominee Park – Located along Lake Winnebago, this wooded…

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