Program

This event is online only and will not offer an in-person option.  Join Washtenaw Audubon member Matt Hack for a program about his field work on an island in Chesapeake Bay monitoring breeding terns and banding chicks. Matt graduated from Yale University and is working on a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the […]

Join Andy Johnson from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for a program on the recently discovered migration stopover site for threatened Whimbrels, one of the fastest declining shorebird species. The 20,000 Whimbrels using this site at night is the largest known gathering anywhere and is of critical importance to the survival of this species. Andy […]

Join us for this educational and engaging session on how you can help make your local birding community more welcoming for all birders. Dr. Jeff Galligan and Dexter Patterson will share tips and tricks that will allow you to start having more success and fun when you go birding and offer advice on making your […]

This is a hybrid in-person and Zoom event. Most southern Michigan birders would agree Warblers and Vireos are just plain tough; in part due to limited time with these colorful neotropical migrants each migration season. Many northern breeding birds spend as little as a couple weeks in our region. Join us as we welcome Josh […]

Join Washtenaw Audubon Society members and friends for a revived annual tradition, the Washtenaw Audubon Annual Picnic. We'll meet at Noon at Dexter-Huron MetroPark at the middle picnic shelter and bring a dish to pass for a crowd. Bring your own place setting and drinks. We don't have electricity, but we do have our own […]

NOTE! Due to a scheduling conflict, there will be no in-person event at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. This will be a Zoom event only.   Join birding phenoms Ben Lucking, Andy Dettling, and Colin Dobson as they try to bring the Michigan Big Day record home. In May 1995, out of state birders set the Michigan […]