You can download the current schedule by clicking above.
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Where |
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Presenter |
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Sept 10 |
7 pm |
E.Tawas Community Center, Newman St |
“Nature Photography Tips” |
Ken DeMar Carol DeMar |
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Sept 25 |
9 am |
Hubbard Lake Preserve |
Joint meeting with Thunder Bay Audubon, Lunch following |
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Oct 8 |
7 pm |
Tawas High School Media Center, M55 |
“Cats in the Wild” |
Eric O’Neill, DNR
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Nov 12 |
7 pm |
Eagle Pointe Plaza 415 Main St. Hale, MI |
“Stone Works” |
Jerry Weinrich Retired DNR |
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Dec 10 |
7 pm |
Oscoda High School Board Room, River Rd |
“Impact of Lake Huron Changing Water Levels” |
Patrick Bak Meteorologist NWS Gaylord
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Jan 14 |
1 pm |
Robert J Parks Library Skeel Ave, Oscoda |
“Oak Tree Wilt” |
Eric Brandon MSU Ext., Harrisville |
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Feb 11 |
1 pm |
Robert J Parks Library Skeel Ave, Oscoda |
“Hawk Watch & Hawk ID” |
Richard Couse, MSRW |
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March 10 |
7 pm |
Oscoda H.S. Board Rm River Rd |
“Neonicotinoids:Pollinators Native Plants & You” |
Jennifer Falkey Huron-Manistee Nat Forest, USFS
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April 14 |
7 pm |
Oscoda H.S. Board Rm |
“Beyond Morels:Edible Wild & Cultivated Mushrooms of Northeast MI”
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Alan Beckta of Wondering Winds Farmstead |
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May 5 |
5 pm |
Trinity Lutheran Church, US 23, Oscoda |
Pot Luck Dinner & Elections |
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AuSable Valley Audubon
2018-2019 Program Schedule
A copy of the complete meeting schedule can be downloaded
here: AuSableValleyAudubon-2018-2019 Schedule and Brochure
Check website for any program changes:
ausablevalleyaudubon.org
Renew annual memberships 2018-2019
September 8, The Sanctuary field trip
Wilber Township
September 11, Tuesday, 5:00 pm
Tawas Point State Park Pavilion
“History of Tawas Pt St Pk & Lighthouse Tour”
JANE CHANDLER
September 11, Tues 7:00 pm Reg Mtg
- Tawas Community Center, Newman St
“Piping Plover Update”
PEGGY RIDGWAY
End of September M-55 Rd Cleanup
Meet at the corner M-55 and N.Sand Lk Rd
CAROL BOHMIER, Coordinator
October 9, Tues, 11:30 lunch,1:00 Mtg
Wiltse’s Restaurant, F-30, Oscoda
AVA hosts Thunder Bay Audubon
“Listening to Birds”
SAM BURCKHARDT
October, Midland Canopy Walk TBA
November 13, Tuesday, 1:00 pm
NOTE change in time and location
AuSable Twp Hall, 4420 N US 23,
AuSable, MI 48750
“AuSable River Artifacts”
ED GRAVLIN &
Professor WILLIAM LOVIS
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Identifies AVA field events
NOTE: CANCELLATIONS due to bad weather are announced on WKJC FM (104.7) the morning of the event or by email to members
Week Nov 5, TBA SACR Migration
Evening, Prescott Staging Area, Carpool
December 11, Tuesday, 1:00 pm
Eagle Pointe Plaza, 415 E Main St, Hale, MI
“Bald Eagles”
ALAN BERNARD
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS
(You may bird all or part of a day)
DAWN HOOPER
CAROL BOHMIER
- December 15, Tawas Circle
Meet at Big Boy Restaurant at 7:00 am for
breakfast, maps, and meeting group members.
Meet at Hsing’s Garden Chinese Restaurant at noon for lunch.
- December 19, Oscoda Circle
Meet at Mama’s Kountry Kitchen at 7:00 am
for breakfast, maps and meeting group members.
Meet at G’s Pizzeria & Deli at noon for lunch.
Register for MAS UP MI birding tour & Mackinaw Raptor Fest
Info at: mackinawraptorfest.org
January Meeting
January 8, 2019 Tuesday, 1:00pm
AuSable Twp Hall, 4420 N US 23
AuSable, MI 48750
“Big Cats”
TONY MARTOGLIO, FWS
February Meeting
February 12, Tuesday, 1:00 pm
- Tawas Community Center, Newman St
“Oak Tree Wilt Disease”
ERIC BRANDON
MSU Extension
Great Backyard Bird Count
PEGGY RIDGWAY
February Meeting
Feb 15-17, Great Back Yd Bird Count
Citizen Scientists count at home and
elsewhere. Info at: gbbc.birdcount.org
March 12, Tuesday, 1:00 pm
- Tawas Community Center, Newman St
“Butterflies”
EMILY KEMNITZ
April Meeting
April 9, Tuesday, 7:00 pm
NOTE: Return to evening program time
Tawas Area High School Media Room
M-55, Tawas City
“Kirtland’s Warbler Now & Future”
KW CONSERVATION TEAM, USFS
April 5-7, Mackinaw City, MI
Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch
& Mackinaw Raptor Fest
Info at: mackinawraptorfest.org
End of April M-55 Rd Cleanup
Meet at M-55 and N.Sand Lake Rd
SUE DUNCAN, Coordinator
May 7, Tuesday, 5:00 pm
NOTE change in time and location
Trinity Lutheran Church, US 23, Oscoda
5:00 pm social & 5:30 potluck dinner
Election of Officers & Birding Festival
May 11, Cornell Lab Global Big Day
Volunteers Needed
May 16-18, Tawas Point Birding Festival
Info at: tawasbirdfest.com
SUMMER FIELD TRIPS TBA
May Loon Lake Birding walk, Hale
June Free Kirtland’s Warbler Tours
(Open to the public on Saturdays in June)
Reservations made at Camp Inn Lodge
989-739-2021
August Chimney Swifts Night Out
August Picnic Potluck at Rifle River State Park
TBA Activities involving birds and flowers do not always follow a predetermined schedule. To provide optimum viewing, the exact day and time will be announced to members via email or by phone when email is not available.
Become a Member of
AuSable Valley Audubon
Dues payable by September 30.
AVA is a 501(c)(3) organization
Pay at meetings or by mail. Mail check payable to AuSable Valley Audubon to:
Patsy Mortimer, AVA Treasurer
7530 O’Connor Dr., Hale, MI 48739
Membership: $15 individual/$20 family _____
Donation to AuSable Valley Audubon _____
Total _____
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Email address (for notification of activities)
The PDF of our complete schedule of events is available here:
