Saturday, April 20, 8:00 a.m. Arcadia MarshThis field trip is a perennial favorite to see waterfowl and returning spring migrants. We will meet at the parking lot for Arcadia Beach at the west end of Lake Street in Arcadia (on Lake Michigan), then break into smaller groups to car pool to local hot spots. Brian Allen (723-7956) and John Ester (325-2445) will lead the trip.

See you there.  

Migration bottleneck :

The bottleneck is open, with the milder weather today loads of birds are on the mover from Cranes to sparrows, this has been noted on radar and by field observers, hawks along the Lake Michigan shore today, a mild "fallout" at noon of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Sapsuckers, Brown Creepers and sparrows at the house at noon and....

Bob Paetschow reports that the Piping Plover is back in Manistee.  Time to get out there and go birding if you can!

program cancelled for this evening due to illness of the presenter.  We will still have an informal meeting for all those that attend.