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SUMMARY:UP Winter Birding Trip
DESCRIPTION:Are you anxious to see a Gray Jay? Hoping to check the Northern Hawk Owl off your list? Then join Michigan Audubon and our skilled birding guide on a birding tour of the Eastern Upper Peninsula on January 20-21\, 2018. This caravan adventure will start at Sault Ste. Marie and then progress through Chippewa and Mackinac Counties. \nThe trip is limited to 12 participants and will fill up fast. The fee for the trip is $100 for Michigan Audubon members and $125 for non-members. The trip fee does not include meals or lodging. \nThis trip is rated EASY – most travel is by car caravan. Foot travel on gravel or paved roadways; the biggest challenge would be that the roads may be snow covered or slippery. Duration of foot travel of less than a mile at a time. Participants need to be able to withstand cold temperatures for periods of 30 minutes. \n[vc_button url=”https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-birding-in-the-eastern-up-january-2018-tour-tickets-38013520463?aff=utm_source%3Deb_email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dnew_event_email&utm_term=eventurl_text” text=”Register for January 20-21 UP Winter Birding Trip” size=”” align=”left” type=”midnight” outlined=”0″ icon=”” target=”_self”]\n[vc_button url=”https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-birding-in-the-eastern-up-february-2018-tour-tickets-38014876519?aff=utm_source%3Deb_email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dnew_event_email&utm_term=eventurl_text” text=”Register for February 10-11 UP Winter Birding Trip” size=”” align=”left” type=”midnight” outlined=”0″ icon=”” target=”_self”]\n  \nNo membership or renewal fees are included with event tickets. If you would like to join Michigan Audubon and register for this event as a member\, please visit https://www.michiganaudubon.org/get-involved/membership/. Once you’ve purchased your membership\, you may register for this event as a member. \nFAQs \nWhere can I contact the organizer with any questions? \nMichigan Audubon \nevents@michiganaudubon.org \n517-580-7364 \nWhat is the refund policy? \nIf a tour is cancelled by Michigan Audubon\, all paid tour fees will be refunded. \nIf you must cancel your participation in a Michigan Audubon event\, fees are refundable (minus a $25 processing fee) up until one month prior to the tour (December 22\, 2017). If the cancellation occurs less than a month before\, but more than 2 weeks before the tour\, a 50% refund will apply (December 23\, 2017 – January 5\, 2018). Cancellations occurring less than 2 weeks prior to the tour will forfeit the entire fee (after January 5\, 2018). All refund requests must be made in writing and sent via email\, or mail to: \nevents@michiganaudubon.org\nEvents\nMichigan Audubon\n2310 Science Parkway\, Suite 200\nOkemos\, MI 48864
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SUMMARY:Program: Relationship Between Ravens and the Desert Tortoise
DESCRIPTION:Join Craig Sherwood for the fourth presentation of ASK’s new program season as he discusses “Relationship Between Ravens and the Desert Tortoise.” There are parts of this planet where change happens so slowly it can be measured more easily over millennia versus decades or days.  The Mojave Desert was until recently\, one of these ancient refuges from change; an ecosystem where the flora and fauna have become so highly specialized living in nearly uninhabitable conditions they often lack the ability to adapt to a dynamic situation. In our current age\, the iconic desert tortoise is facing a daunting challenge as it is confronted with swelling numbers of humans and the predators that prosper in their wake.  The common raven (Corvus corax) is one of these predators and the species is experiencing something of a golden age as human densities continue to increase in one of North America’s most inhospitable landscapes. \nYou will be in for a crash course on the biology and life history of the Mojave Desert Tortoise and explore how it has become intricately entwined with the explosive success of the largest species in the Corvid family.  We will look at what is being done now and where new techniques and technology are taking us as we attempt to reframe how we think about the most intelligent and opportunistic avian species in the Southwest.  What we learn in the desert may very well help to prepare us for tackling future corvid-related challenges right here at home. \nCraig Sherwood has been working in the field since 2010 after completing his undergraduate studies in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology at Michigan State University.  Seasonal work has allowed him to live and work in places from the Canadian Rockies and Interior Alaska to the scorching landscapes of the Mojave Desert. Years of work with desert tortoises has inevitably led to an interest in ravens.  He now serves as an advisor and contractor to Hardshell Labs.  Hardshell Labs is currently leading the field by spearheading the development of a variety of innovative\, non-lethal aversive conditioning techniques for dealing with raven problems. \nYou are invited to join us to meet and hear Craig Sherwood on January 22\, 2018\, at the People’s Church\, 1758 North 10th Street\, Kalamazoo. Our program starts at 7:30 PM and is preceded by a social time with light refreshments at 7:00 PM. Guests and the general public are encouraged to attend. Handicap parking and access is at either the front or rear entrance of the building. Please remember to bring your own coffee mug to reduce dishwashing.
URL:https://www.michiganaudubon.org/calendar/program-relationship-ravens-desert-tortoise/
LOCATION:People’s Church\, 1758 North 10th Street\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, United States
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SUMMARY:Winter Sowing with Michigan Native Plants
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 25\, 2018\, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Okemos Public Library. \nJump start your garden with seedlings from native plants. Seed varieties and potting soil provided but bring up to three clean gallon milk jugs. *Registration required; please click on “Register” below. \n[vc_button url=”https://cadl.evanced.info/signup/eventdetails?eventid=42304&lib=8″ text=”>> Register” size=”” align=”left” type=”midnight” outlined=”0″ icon=”” target=”_self”]
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