SPRING MIGRATION COUNT

Saturday May 14, 2016 

The spring migration count or the NAMC as it has been called is scheduled this year and for the first time in years falls on a later date much more suitable for finding warblers and other neotropical migrants.

We will again divide up into teams like on the Christmas Bird Count but for the spring migration count we cover the entire COUNTY!  Many interesting areas including Tippy Dam where the Say's Phoebe was found in March this year, and the Red Bridge area where Cerulean Warblers and Louisiana Waterthrushes are often found are included in our count area.

 Contact Brian Allen at 231-510-9380 if you are interested in joining a field party for the count or Don Kogut at 231-723-5928 if you would like to count birds at your feeder during the count day.

Manistee Audubon Meeting for Wednesday April 13

Linda Scribner

Common Fungi of Northern Michigan

See program announcement here with magnification it is
easier to see!

Manistee Audubon Program for February 10, 2016 The Eastern Box Turtle in Michigan by biologist Janice Sapak 

Meeting and program at 7:00PM at the Lake Bluff Audubon Center on 2890 Lakeshore Rd. just north of Orchard Beach State Park in Manistee.

Manistee Audubon meeting for January is cancelled.  Next meeting Wednesday February 10th at Lake Bluff.

Manistee Christmas Bird Count Dec. 19, 2015

Join the Manistee Audubon members for the Christmas Bird Count on Saturday Dec. 19.

If you like being outdoors and can stand a little winter weather AND have an interest in birds and wildlife you can help.  Join a group in the field to count all the bird species we can find in our count circle or count your own yard or feeders.  The count takes place within the circle on the map below:

To join the count and a field party contact Brian Allen at 231-510-9380 (accepts text messages) or to count your feeders or yard contact Don Kogut at 723-5928 (voice only).

Also new this year (or back to the old tradition) we will meet after the count at the Lake Bluff Audubon center at 5:30 PM for a compilation dinner.  Bring your results and if you would like something to pass.  The club will provide veggies and lasagna.

Help us to stay near the top of the best counts in Michigan.  Despite having fewer birders our great location on the water and along the rivers makes it possible to see up to 80 species of birds in the area.  This total is about as good as any count in Michigan.  See you soon!

November 11 Program:  Tim Granger and Birds of the Winter

Join us at 7:00 for a program at the Lake Bluff Audubon Center.  Public invited.  Tim's program will cover the birds of the Manistee area during our typical winters from the common feeder visitors to the rare birds of the shore, fields and woods.

Welcome Back!   Manistee Audubon October Program:  Birding Alaska with Jean Siesener.

Note the change in date:  Wednesday Oct. 21.

Jean Siesener of Pentwater and Oceana Audubon spent several weeks birding in Alaska this summer and will share her stories of the good birds and magnificent scenery of the state, from the Aleutians to Pt. Barrow and the Bering Sea and a very big list of birds from her trip.  Hope you can join us at 7:00PM at the Lake Bluff Audubon Center just north of Orchard Beach State Park in Manistee. 

(Jean with birders at Denali National Park)