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JACKSON AUDUBON SOCIETY EVENTS CALENDAR

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2010-2011 Schedule

FIELDTRIPS

Saturday, September 11--Falling Waters Trail - Come experience the beautiful trail area near Lime Lake. We will meet at 8 am at the intersection of Teft Road and the trail just south of Spring Arbor. You may want to bring your bike and take a ride into Concord (about five miles) for an early lunch. Call Gary Mason at 750-3439 for more information.

Saturday, October 16--Crane Driving Tour, Meet at the Haehnle Sanctuary Observation Hill parking lot at 4 p.m. Call Gary Siegrist at 782-3453 or 937-1095 for more information.

February 5 and 6--Birding in the Soo - Take a winter birding trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. See Snowy and Great Gray owls, Sharp-tailed grouse and other winter wonders. Cost for the trip is $20.00 plus your food and lodging. Call Gary Siegrist (522- 5990) or Lathe Claflin (522-3949) for NEEDED RESERVATIONS.

Saturday, March 19--Early Waterfowl Trip around the Jackson Area. The trip will be from 8 am to 1 pm. Meet at the Eastside Meijer parking lot. Parking is limited at the lakes and ponds so carpooling will be necessary. Call Don Henise at 795-7752 for more information

MEETINGS

Meetings and programs will be held at Ella Sharp Museum, 3225 S. Fourth St., Jackson, except where otherwise noted. Regular meetings will begin with a social time at 7:00 p.m. with meeting and program to follow. Bring “recyclables” (magazines, books, feeders, etc.) to the programs.

Thursday, September 9--“Conifer MutationsAnd Horticultural Gems”   Hidden Lake Gardenspropagation and growing staff Jon Genereauxwill introduce you to trees that are seldom seenout of arboretums. Jon will also demonstrate amethod of propagation called Grafting, toreproduce a Hidden Lake Gardens treasuredsecret.

Thursday, October 14--“Jackson Tower Birds”  Steve Shotwell who was instrumental in makingsure our Jackson Peregrines had a nest to buildon and watched over them throughout thenesting season, will give us the complete story ofour famous birds.
 

Thursday, November 11--Annual Meetingand Program: “Exploring The Florida Peninsula”  Herons, egrets, eagles and alligators; Oh My!Retired Naturalist Tom Hodgson will showimages and tell the stories of some of the mostcolorful, exciting, and interesting birds, mammals,and reptiles that he has encountered in histravels throughout the sunshine state. He haspaddled Florida’s rivers, lakes and estuaries withcamera in hand, in search of remote rookeriesand elusive species. If you’re not a “snowbird”now, you may want to be after seeing thisprogram.
 

Thursday, January 13 --“Of Birds and Berries”  Researcher, Julie Craves from the Rouge RiverBird Observatory - UM of Dearborn, will shareher knowledge of the fall migrating birds andwhat fruit they eat to gain fat for theirSoutherly trip. She will focus on her workwith Thrushes (Bluebirds & Robins). This willbe a joint program with the Dahlem Centerand the program will take place at theDAHLEM CENTER on South Jackson Road.
 

Friday, February 11--“Backyard Birds AndBeyond”  Doug Leffler will present a photoprogram at THE VISTA GRANDE VILLAshowing typical backyard birds that we see athome bird feeders, as well as birds seen onarea hiking trails. PLEASE BRING A DESSERTTO SHARE.

Thursday, March 10--“East Africa”  ChrisVanlonkhuyzen will take us on a visit to thehigh East African plateau which includesTanzania and Kenya. These areas have theworld’s greatest concentration of bird andanimal life on our planet. The program willend with a musical synopsis of many of theprograms that Chris has done for theAudubo
Also, Chris will present,“Remembering Bob,” a tribute to Bob Whiting

Thursday, April 14--“Simply Dragonflies”Through beautiful photos,"  Don Henise willteach us the basics of identifying the commondragonflies of Southern Michigan.

For more information on events call 517-782-3453

WORKBEE

Saturday, September 25--Haehnle Sanctuary 9 am to 12. Meet at the Wing Overlook area off the main parking lot on Seymour Rd. Contact Lathe Claflin at 522-3949 for more information.

Download current print version of the Jackson Audubon Society Sscedule

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