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JACKSON AUDUBON SOCIETY EVENTS CALENDAR
201202013 SPRING/SUMMER JACKSON AUDUBON SOCIETY ACTIVITIES
SCHEDULE
PROGRAMS
March 14 ~ ~Frogs and the Michigan Survey~ Lori Sargent (DNR)
biologist, will discuss
the Michigan frog and toad survey and how they are doing here
in our state
April 11 ~ Delaware: Red Knots & Horseshoe Crabs ~
Gary Siegrist and Lathe Claflin will take
us on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Delaware to share their
experience of seeing the relationship of the crabs
and the “knots”.
*All programs held at
Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History at 6:30 p.m, unless otherwise noted.
*Please note: Meeting time change— social 6:30 p.m., meeting/program 7:00 p.m.
FIELDTRIPS AND ACTIVITIES
March 23 ~ Early Waterfowl Trip
around the Jackson area to find early migrating ducks.
Meet at the Eastside Meijer Parking lot for
a departure of 8:00am. For More information Call
Gary Siegrist (517-937-1095)
April 3 ~ Kate Palmer Workbee
- Meet at O'Brien and McCain
Roads at 10:00 am. Call Joyce
Peterson (517-262-6348) for more information.
April 6 ~ Workbee at Haehnle Sanctuary
9am to 12. Meet at the main parking lot on Seymour
Rd. For more information ca
ll Lathe Claflin (517-522-3949)
April 21 ~ Earth Day
-1:00 ~ 4:00 p.m. Cascades Park
May 14 or 15 ~ Fieldtrip to Magee Marsh
(Crane creek in Ohio) Call Gary Siegrist (517-937-
1095 or 517-782-3453) for advanced sign-up. The a
ll-day trip leaves from
Eastside Meijer at
6:00 am.
May 16-19 Tawas Point Birding Festival - tawasbirdfest.com
May 31-June 2 ~]Cerulean Warbler Weekend - ceruleanwarber.org
June 22 ~ Bat Program Fieldtrip to Cranbrook Institute of Science
in Bloomfield
Hills. Meet at the Eastside Meijer Parking lot
at 10:30. Tour the museum and bat house at 1:30.
Call Connie Spotts (517-529-
9031) for more information.
July 26 ~ Trial Garden Tour at Raker & Sons in Litchfield.
The free tour will include the
inside operations of the production of new 201
3 plants, including seeds and shipping. There will
be acres of raised beds to view. Meet at Eastside
Meijer at 10:00. Food av
ailable at the facility.
Call Connie Spotts (517-529-
9031) for more information.
Aug. 17 ~ Birds, Blooms and Butterflie
s Festival at the Dahlem Center
(9:00am-3:00pm)
Activities will include programs, demonstrations,
environmental booths and guided birding trips.
For more information, call Dahlem at 517-782-3453.
Aug. 24 ~ Shorebirds at Point Mouillee.
View migrant shorebirds in a wildlife management
area. RESERVATION ARE ESSENTIAL Call Don
Henise at 517-795-7752
to reserve a spot.
Sept. 21 ~ Fieldtrip to Lake Er
ie Metropark Hawk Festival.
There will be programs and edu-
cational booths along with many migrating hawks
overhead. We will leave Eastside Meijer for an
all-day trip at 8:00 am. Call Connie Spot
ts (517-529-9031) for
more information. Reminder: Bring nature
items such as magazines, books, bird feeders, etc. to the meetings for recycling
Print or read the current issue of Bird Tracks, the Jackson Audubon
Society newsletter
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