**Canceled due to forecasted unsafe travel conditions.** 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 wintering birds in this lovely nature area. Maybe we'll see the local owls! All ages and skill levels are invited. We will […]
Northern Ecuador is arguably home to the greatest avian diversity of anywhere in the world. This tour explores a cross section of the region from West to East, covering a wide range of elevations on both slopes of the Andes. As a whole this tour aims to keep a relaxed pace and keep moves between […]
Our January program will be Francie Krawcke of Michigan Avian Experience, doing a raptor program for us with live raptors. More details coming, but you won't want to miss this exciting program. Note: This will be an in-person meeting only; there will be no virtual/Zoom option.
***location moved to North Hydro. Meet here: http://tinyurl.com/MeetWAS Grove St. east. Right on Woodale. Left on Ambassador Ford Lake and its boardwalk provide one of the best winter birding opportunities in Washtenaw County. There have been 76 species seen in February at Ford Lake and we look forward to seeing a variety of waterfowl, gulls […]
***RESCHEDULED for Sunday, January 21st*** Want to learn the difference between a hickory and a hackberry? How about a beech from a basswood. Join us as Isaac Smith, who teaches woody plant identification at the University of Michigan, leads an interactive winter hike to learn to ID common Michigan trees with their bark, buds and […]
Did you know Washtenaw Audubon owns a nature preserve? We do! Searles Nature Preserve is a 50 acre natural area that hosts the headwaters of Stony Creek. Did you also know that Ninety-seven percent of North American landbirds require animal, primarily insect, protein to raise their young? Most insects require specific, native, host plants for […]
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