The Winter of the Snowy Owl:  Manistee Audubon Meeting on Wednesday Jan. 8, 2014 at Lake Bluff Audubon Center.  7:00PM.

Come join the Manistee Audubon club in viewing a DVD about the Snowy Owl and for refreshments and talk about the Snowy Owls seen locally as well as results from the Manistee Christmas Bird Count and sightings of winter birds from the Manistee ares.

Manistee Audubon Meeting for December 11, 2012

the Christmas Bird Count by Tim Granger

Join us at 7:00PM at the Lake Bluff Audubon Center for a short program on the history of the Manistee Christmas Bird Count and a discussion and instructions on participating on this years count on December 21st.

Manistee Audubon Program Wednesday November 13, 2013

Birds of the year in Manistee by Bob Paetschow and Linda Scribner

Come joins us for the program and a potluck dinner.  Dinner at 6:30 and program at 7:00 at the Lake Bluff Audubon Center just north of Orchard Beach State Park.  Hope to see you there and hear about the birds and wildlife you have been seeing too.

Bob and Linda are excellent photographers and very patient bird stalkers and their skill is evident in their pictures.  For any questions regarding the program call Brian Allen at 723-7956.  Remember our annual Christmas Bird Count is on Saturday December 21st this year.

Manistee Christmas Bird Count to be held Saturday December 21, 2013.  

The later date is due to a conflict with the special duck hunting date on our preferred Dec. 14th.  Last year we had almost no waterfowl as they were scattered and not resting in their usual areas.  We hope to have a more typical count this year and hope the weather isn't too bad by the later date.

For questions on the CBC see the site:  National Audubon CBC

Birds of Paradise

Manistee Audubon Meeting Wednesday Oct. 9, 2013

See the incredible National Geographic Video which took 12 years to gather the imagery and find the Birds -of-Pardise shown.  This was part of the exhibit over the summer at the Dennos Museum in Traverse City.  If you missed the exhibit you won't want to miss this video.  Program at 7:00PM at Lake Bluff.  Brief business meeting of the club to follow.  For questions call 723-7956.

Field Trip:  Arcadia Grasslands on Saturday Sept. 14. at 8:00 AM.  Meet at the kiosk overlooking the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy grasslands on Keillor Rd. about 3/4 mile north of Glovers Lake Rd.  (Glovers Lake Rd. from US-31 go west to the intersection of Keillor and go right or north).   We will bird the grasslands paying particular attention to the sparrows and their challenging identification.  Time permitting we will then head over to the Arcadia Marsh and the new dike that crosses the marsh viewing the restoration efforts there and seeing a new group of sparrows and other fall migrants.  We will be walking through some tall grass at the grassland but the walking on the dike is open but may be muddy if it ever rains.  For any questions call Brian Allen at 510-9380.

Great program last Wednesday night with Jim McGraff and his snakes of Michigan http://www.naturediscovery.net/presentations.htm#reptilesamphibians

We had kids in the audience with live snake hairdos and people holding snakes that never had before!  We all left with a better knowledge and appreciation and less fear of snakes in Michigan.

Next program will be a potluck reorganization meeting place and time TBA.  Have a great spring and remember to do your lists to eBird or report rare bird sightings to 231-510-9380.

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