COMMUNITY: Grand Traverse Audubon Club: October Big Day
October 10
GRAND TRAVERSE AUDUBON CLUB
October 10 (Saturday) – OCTOBER BIG DAY!
The 24-hour global birding event runs from midnight to midnight, allowing you to participate for anywhere from 10 minutes to the entire day. You and participate in a group or on your own.
How to Participate Locally
You can birdwatch from anywhere in the world—whether that means looking out your window in Traverse City or visiting popular local hotspots like the Boardman Lake Loop or Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
- Get an Account: Sign up for a 100% free account on eBird or the Cornell Lab’s Merlin Bird ID app.
- Count Birds: Watch and listen for birds on October 10.
- Submit Your Data: Log your bird sightings directly into the eBird Mobile App so your observations can contribute to global science and conservation.
- For live event updates and tracking the progress of global checklists throughout the day, check the eBird October Big Day page.
*(If you would like to lead a Grand Traverse Audubon Club field trip on October Big Day, let us know! (We can certainly have more than one group fieldtrip that day! Kathie Wiley: [email protected] )
*All events listed herein by the Grand Traverse Audubon Club are strictly voluntary in nature. As such, members who participate in any of the events do so by their own choice. If a member so chooses to participate, that person knowingly and voluntarily enters into this waiver and release of liability and hereby waives any and all rights, claims, and causes of action resulting from that person’s participation in that event and releases the Club, its members and board members for any injury directly or indirectly caused by participation in that event. Voluntary participation in club events implies holding harmless the Club against any and all claims, suits, or actions of any kind for liability, damages, compensation, or otherwise brought by said person or anyone on that person’s behalf.*
This event was submitted to our community calendar page by an outside organizer and is not a Michigan Audubon event. If you have questions, please reach out to the event organizers or the contact information provided in the event description.
