Join the Washtenaw Bird & Nature Alliance for a special nature walk led by Mike Kost, Associate Curator at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. We are fortunate to have Mike guide us through this landscape rich in natural communities and ecological stories. Mike focuses on ecological restoration, rare species conservation, and native plant landscaping. […]
We invite all people from the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community and our white allies to join us on this walk to feed the birds! This metropark is unique in that the local birds have learned to feed from the hands of visitors. We will be walking with folks from the Shades of […]
Want to learn the difference between a hickory and a hackberry? How about a beech from a basswood? Did you know oak species can be relatively easy to distinguish from their bark? Join us for an interactive winter hike to learn to ID common Michigan trees. As always, we will share interesting ecological information and […]
Please join us for an evening of beautiful nature and bird poetry as we welcome acclaimed poet, University of Michigan creative writing professor, bookseller, and avid birder Keith Taylor. Keith will read from his poetry collections, including The Bird-While and his latest volume of poetry, What Can the Matter Be. Books will be available for purchase after the […]
**** Canceled due to weather. See you in December! **** Did you know Washtenaw Bird & Nature Alliance owns a nature preserve? We do! Searles Nature Preserve is a 50-acre natural area that protects the headwaters of Stony Creek. Did you also know that 97% of North American land birds rely on animal, mostly […]
Join WBNA friends and Oakland Bird Alliance for a tour of the Belle Isle State Park, a gem on the Detroit River. We’ll search for waterfowl, gulls, waders, raptors and other winter birds on the river and in the woods. We’ll tour mostly by car, but will stop and get out with scopes and binoculars. […]
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