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(This update is by the courtesy of Larry VanWagoner. Thanks, Larry!) 9/27/17 Sandhill Cranes We (Sue and Larry) visited the Prescott crane site 10 days ago in the early evening.  We found about 300 cranes foraging in the alfalfa field … Continue reading →

Caleb Putnam to Address AuSable Valley Audubon October 10, at Tawas High School Caleb  Putnam, the  Michigan Bird Conservation Coordinator for Michigan Audubon Great Lakes and the Michigan Department  of Natural Resources started in  2016, will address the AuSable Valley … Continue reading →

The new program schedule for the 2017-2018 calendar is now available. You may download or view a copy in PDF format at the following link: AVA program schedule 2017-2018 Be sure to get a copy to see all the upcoming … Continue reading →

AuSable Valley Audubon was among the Michigan groups selected by the Organization for Bat Conservation to participate in the Michigan Bat Monitoring Program and to conduct an acoustic bat monitoring survey as part of its Citizen Bat League. We were … Continue reading →

Follow the link to review the species count from this year’s Tawas Point Birding Festival. Numbers were down a bit from previous years, but still lots of species spotted: BirdList 2017-TPBF-tally

(This post is courtesy of Sue Duncan. Thanks Sue!) Wow! The Tuttle at Twilight Au Sable Valley Audubon June field trip on Wednesday, June 7th started off with an exciting find of two Black Billed Cuckoos, almost within touching distance … Continue reading →

AVA members Terry and Mary Baker submitted these photos from their backyard. These two nest photos were submitted on June 5: There are 4 baby Robins squeezed into this nest which is not far from our front door. There are … Continue reading →

From AVA member Mary Baker, taken May 15th in Tawas Township: This male Indigo Bunting was seen at my feeder this morning holding bird seed in his mouth.

Great Volunteers Keep Doing Good I think we had a record number of volunteers for the M-55 Road Clean Up on May 3, 2017!  This is so wonderful as at first it looked like only eight were going to be … Continue reading →

This photo was taken in Tawas Township on 4/21 and submitted by Terry & Mary Baker. “We rarely see shore birds at our pond, but this Green Heron came to steal some goldfish last Friday. It was camouflaged in the … Continue reading →