Events

Join us for a presentation and tour of the University of Michigan Herbarium hosted by Aly Baumgartner, applied paleobotanist and vascular plants collection manager. The collections consist of 1.7 million irreplaceable specimens of vascular plants, algae, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens originating from places and habitats that are now prohibitively expensive or dangerous to visit or […]

We invite all people from the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community and our white allies to join us on this walk to look for waterfowl and winter birds. All ages and skill levels are invited. We will have extra binoculars if you do not have any. Directions:  Meet at the entrance by Ambassador […]

The pond and surrounding woods at Gallup provide one of the most diverse hotspots for March birding in Washtenaw County. This should be the peak of waterfowl migration and we hope to see some interesting species.  Directions: Meet at the Gallup Park Livery parking lot. Leaders: Juliet Berger & Matthew Spoor   All are welcome […]

Join naturalists George Hammond and Matt Spoor as we explore this forest. Though this property is only 36 acres, it is connected to University of Michigan Horner McLaughlin Woods, Washtenaw County's Freeman Preserve, the City of Ann Arbor's Marshal Nature and comprises a 296 acre complex. It is dominated by old growth forest that ranges […]

This is a friendly team birding competition where teams pick one road in the county to see how many birds they can see in a morning along that road. If you have a team, great. If not, that's OK too; register and we will help set you up with a team. More details and competition […]