Just as Katmai National Park has "Fat Bear Week," Wisconsin is amid its first-ever "Fat Bird Week." Voting ends Friday. News Sports Packers Business Suburbs Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals ...

Part of the week’s festivities always includes the Fat Bird Week tournament to crown that year’s champion. This year was no different; boy, did it ever live up to expectations. ...

Wisconsin Fat Bird Week is held from May 2 to May 9. The online contests is organized through National Resources Foundation of Wisconsin and SOS Save Our Songbirds. It's a fun event featuring cute ...

Bird lovers have spoken, and the official champion of Wisconsin Fat Bird Week 2025 is Spherical White-throated Sparrow. Online voting in the contest was held from May 2 through May 9.

The Brief: The "Spherical White-throated Sparrow" won Wisconsin Fat Bird Week with 72% of the votes. The event, held from May 2-9, was a bracket-style tournament similar to March Madness.

"So Fat Bird Week … is all about giving people something positive they can do at home, in helping make sure that that the birds that they love to see in their backyard are something that are ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin Fat Bird Week returns from May 2 through May 9, allowing the public is able to vote daily for their "favorite bulbous migratory" bird in a bracket-style tournament.

The "Spherical White-Throated Sparrow" was crowned the winner of Wisconsin Fat Bird Week 2025. (Original photo by: Warren Lynn) The sparrow received 72 percent of the votes cast in the final round.