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Special Member Meeting to Vote on Changing Our Name

Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1800 N Dixboro Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Notice to all current members of Washtenaw Audubon: Save the date for this important program to learn about the controversy surrounding Audubon's actions during his lifetime, and the movement to remove "Audubon" from the name of many of our sister birding organizations. We will vote on whether to remove the "Audubon" name at this meeting, […]

Birding Oaxaca

Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1800 N Dixboro Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Join Washtenaw Audubon’s longtime foreign field trip leader, Bryn Martin, for a report on the WAS trip he led to the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca in August of this year. The trip started in Oaxaca City and visited a variety of habitats from high mountains to the Pacific coast. The trip yielded 220 species, […]

Joan Kellenberg: Michigan’s Remarkable Efforts to Save the Endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover

Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1800 N Dixboro Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Washtenaw Audubon Society and the Sierra Club Huron Valley Group have partnered to bring you this special presentation. After discovering the Great Lakes Piping Plover Recovery Team at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in 2020, Joan joined them as a volunteer in 2021. She enjoys traveling north to spend hours on the beach educating park […]

Diversity in the Outdoors: Presentation at Mallet’s Creek Library

Ann Arbor District Library: Malletts Creek Branch 3090 E Eisenhower Pkwy, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Joint presentation between Natural Area Preservation and Ann Arbor District Library. Victor Chen (Education Chair for Washtenaw Bird & Nature Alliance) and Brandan Freeman (founder of the Shades of the Outdoors BIPOC group) discuss their experiences of being a person of color in the outdoors and how we can all make the outdoors more welcoming […]

Special Member Meeting: Name Change Vote

Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1800 N Dixboro Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

We have a very important meeting to share with you all. On March 20th, 2024 at Matthaei Botanical Gardens at 7:30 PM, we will vote in an up or down vote to ratify our newly selected name, Washtenaw Bird & Nature Alliance! Please plan to attend if you are a member, as of March 15th […]

Birding Costa Rica, with Len Sander

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Please note new location and time! Join Len Sander for an informative program on birding in Costa Rica. This Central American country, despite its small size, has one of the greatest biodiversities in Latin America, with 948 bird species, including seven endemics and 73 near-endemics. Len Sander is professor emeritus of physics and complex systems […]