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“Front yard”?? I thought it was a “Great Backyard Bird Count!!!”
Michigan Audubon
Here's a short clip from a front yard feeding station in Marquette, Michigan, where the temperature is currently -3F. Those are all American Goldfinches!Weather Alert & Cancelled AVA mtg tonight - 2/12!
Urgent msg from AVA President Ruth Golm:
“Due to severe weather conditions predicted for Mon -Wed I have decided to cancel Tuesday’s AVA meeting. Safety for everyone is first. Please pass this onto your friends & I’ll see u at our March 12 meeting where we will be discussing the May, 2019 Tawas Point Bird Fest.
I hope the winter storm is not so bad as to hinder u from participating in the 22nd GBBC starting this weekend - 2/15-17. For further details go to gbbc.birdcount.org/about/“ (See below link)
Also, on Thurs., 2/14, Peggy Ridgway will host a “warm-up” to birds and this weekend GBBC great tips and Q & A. Check our Facebook “Event”, indicate “Going or Interested” and share with your friends.gbbc.birdcount.org
Common Redpoll by Kathleen Payne, N. 2018 GBBC. Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time. Now, more than 160,000 p...Bio-diversity gave us these amazingly beautiful species of swallowtail butterflies.
And humans developed because of bio-diversity and the experiments of Mother Nature over a Billion years. That’s one more reason why we need to protect endangered species throughout the world.
EcoWatch
These are 100% real, actual butterflies. Try not to lose your sh*t.
The green dragontail butterfly (Lamproptera meges) is one of the smallest species of swallowtail butterfly and one of the very few species with wing transparency.
This footage is by Kazuo Unno, insect aficionado extraordinaire and wildlife photographer.
Center for Biological Diversity
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Local USFS Biologist and AVA Friend and Member Honored
Several members of AVA and a representative from Ducks Unlimited gathered on Jan. 7 to say farewell to U.S. Forest Service biologist Paul Thompson. Paul will be leaving the headquarters in Oscoda and transferring to the Cadillac field office. He … Continue reading
Local Predator Bird at a Hunt
Here are a couple of photos submitted by AVA member Patsy Mortimer. She stated that they are of: “A juvenile sharp-shinned hawk nabbed a mourning dove at our feeder in Hale Jan. 17.” Not all birds eat seeds, but all … Continue reading
Informational Meeting about the GBBC Feb 3 in Oscoda
One of the announcements made during the January AVA membership meeting was of an upcoming informational talk about the Great Backyard Bird Count. The meeting will be held on February 3rd in Oscoda at the Robert J. Parks Library on … Continue reading
AVA Meeting presentation – Tawas Pt. State Park Initiatives
Our AVA meeting hosted one of the rangers from Tawas Point State Park, Micah Jordan as speaker. He spoke to a number of infrastructure upgrades scheduled to begin at the Tawas State Dock in downtown east Tawas. This is a three … Continue reading
2016 is Centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty
(Note: This information and photo are taken from the Jan. 7, 2016 MDNR news release. See the release on the DNR site for the complete story and further information.) The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service … Continue reading