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| Jun 20, Wednesday |
7:30 PM |
| Rock Star of the Bird World: Kirtland's Warbler |
Join Bill Rapai for the fascinating account of the near-extinction of the Kirtland’s Warbler, and the people who saved it. Bill Rapai is an award-winning journalist and president of the Gross Pointe Audubon Society. His first book, “The Kirtland’s Warbler,” was published this year by the University of Michigan Press, and copies will be available for purchase and signing.
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| May 17, Thursday |
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
| Spring Migration Walks in Nichols Arboretum |
This is an annual series of Thursday morning walks at Nichols Arboretum to observe migrants as they pass through on the way north to their breeding grounds. These leaderless walks are a great opportunity to join with other birders of all skill levels. In addition to the birds, the Arboretum's flora in spring are marvelous to behold. For example, in late April and early May, trillium blooms abundantly on the wooded hillsides.
This season's walks will start on April 5 and go through May 24. Park and meet at the Riverview Court cul-de-sac off Geddes Road at 8:00 a.m. Click here to map the location and get directions to the meeting spot. |
| Weekend Walk at Nichols Arboretum |
For a few years now, Washtenaw Audubon has sponsored leaderless walks on Thursday mornings at Nichols Arboretum throughout the main weeks of both spring and fall migration. These events are the birding equivalent of pick-up basketball or soccer--people show up and pursue their common interest with whoever else is on hand.
Because of work and school schedules, many people can't attend the Thursday morning events, however. Most of our field trips are on weekend dates, and spring migration is always our busiest time, so we haven't worried too much in the past about the conflict so many of us have on weekday mornings. But since some WAS members have expressed an interest in Arb walks on weekends in addition to our other outings, we are going to experiment this spring with three weekend dates at the Arb: Sun 5/6, Sat 5/19, and Sat 5/26. In one or more of these we may end up having a leader for these trips, but the premise is that what is more important is to get a critical mass of people, then we won't need a leader, just as we don't for the Thursday sessions. If these weekend outings do well, we will follow up in the fall, possibly with a fuller list of dates.
Park and meet at the Riverview Court cul-de-sac off Geddes Road at 8:00 a.m. Click here to map the location and get directions to the meeting spot. |
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