Sponsor Our Great Hall Turtles

We’re wild about the three native Wisconsin turtles who live in our Great Hall, and we know that many of you are too! Now, in addition to the 15 birds in our Raptor Program, our turtles Emerson, Harley, and Eddie are all available to be symbolically adopted.

Emerson nors, Harley recently moved into a new tank that resembles a natural riverbed and contains more than double the water of his old one. When you don’t see Harley in his tank, it’s likely that he’s buried himself in the sand.

Eddie

Mary Mendla is an abstract artist based in Southeastern Wisconsin, along the Lake Michigan shore, who has formed a career full of creativity and joy. She creates art that expresses love for the land, especially wild spaces, in an intuitive style. Her work features trees, the forest, shorelines and waterways, and the changing light of the sky as abstract subject matter in her mixed media artwork, including oils, cold wax, and earth and mineral pigments. Mary works and teaches from her studio and gallery in Thiensville, WI.

JOANNA POEHLMANN

September 8 – October 31

Well known by many and a long-time resident of the Great Hall, Emerson is a large common snapping turtle who has been living at the Center since 2000. He lives in a large tank featuring plenty of space to swim, and he likes to maneuver to meet many guests eye to eye. Snapping turtles are Wisconsin’s heaviest and largest turtle species!

Harley

Our spiny softshell turtle, Harley has lived in the Great Hall since 2013. This species has a skin-like shell, and they are often called the “pancake turtle.” Thanks to generous do-

Our newest turtle, Eddie, arrived at Schlitz Audubon in 2020. He’s also a very new resident of the Great Hall, having moved in earlier this year. Eddie is an ornate box turtle, and his species is endangered in Wisconsin. They have a hinge on their lower shell that allows them to pull their limbs into the shell and close it completely!

Your symbolic adoption will help us provide the best living environment and care for each of our turtles while they in turn help our visitors “dive in” to the world of native animals. Adopt your favorite today at www. schlitzaudubon.org/adopt-a-turtle

In Memory Of Raptor Sponsorships

Mary Ellen Adams

Anonymous

Bonnie Behee-Semler

Robert Amich

Cyndie Chiuminatto

Chloe Chiuminatto

James P. Connelly

Anonymous

Joan Glyzewski

Corbett, Carol & Kristen Sheeran

JoAnna Poehlmann is a Milwaukee-based artist who has been making art for over 60 years. She creates graphite drawings, etchings, lithographs, watercolor, mixed media sculptures, and artist books. Her work is centered around the natural world and the beauty and humor she observes in it, also drawing heavily from the history of art and literature. Her works are delicate and meticulous, and have been exhibited nationally and internationally, appearing in several major collections. JoAnna studied at the Layton School of Art, Marquette University, and the University of Wisconsin, all in Milwaukee.

Paul M. Hauer

Carol & Michael Hauer

Dorothy Helmenstine

Catherine Lafleur

Mary Jane Kohn

Steve & Carolyn Dettmann

Frederick R. Ruenzel

Mary Fitzgerald

Elizabeth Soref

Columbia Creek Condo Association

In Honor Of

Lillian Picard

Ned & Mary Witte

Baron von Screech – Eastern Screech Owl

In Honor of Oliver Lueger

Anonymous

Loki – American Crow

Cumberland Elementary School PTO

Tallulah – Turkey Vulture

Joyce Wolburg

Willow – Northern Saw-whet Owl

Anonymous

In Memory of Baby Hope

Jenny Burrie

Zari – Great Horned Owl

Antony Ludwig

In Memory of Ruth Frey

Victoria Popp

Gifts listed in this issue were received between 1/1/23 – 3/31/23