The Michigan Audubon Blog: all things Michigan birds and conservation. This page includes action alerts, news, and special information, posted by Michigan Audubon staff.
From the Executive Director — Fall 2021
Dear Michigan Audubon members and community, At around this time last year — during the fall migration of the ever-memorable year 2020 — many people were remarking about picking up birdwatching as a formal hobby for the first time. From [...]
Wind Energy: Education and Advocacy
Over the course of this year, our member magazine has explored wind energy developments over the last decade in Michigan. From lessons of projects past to new technologies to the politics of alternative energy and the impact on birds [...]
Michigan Audubon Donates Lake Bluff Manor to Local Nonprofit
Michigan Audubon recently successfully transferred ownership and stewardship of the manor and grounds adjacent to Lake Bluff Bird Sanctuary. “We are excited to announce that the historic and much-loved Lake Bluff manor home is now owned by Lake Bluff [...]
Golf Meets Bird Conservation in Southwest Michigan: A Variety of Birdies and Sometimes Eagles
Golfing throughout Michigan is big business. With an average property footprint of 175 acres, a golf course combines highly manicured turfgrass with areas of more natural habitat, providing cover and support for various avian species across our state and [...]
The Owls of Summer Continue to Confound
The Great Horned Owl banded during the 2021 summer season at WPBO. The summer of 2021 represented the fifteenth full season of summer owl research at WPBO. As was the case in 2020, the owls again demonstrated [...]
Whitefish Point Hosts Three Piping Plover Nests
The summer of 2021 was another successful year for Piping Plovers at Whitefish Point. For only the third time, there were multiple Piping Plover nests at the Point, with three present this season. Plover breeding activity began in mid-May [...]
Community Spotlight: April Campbell
What first inspired your involvement in birding? I grew up on a former dairy farm in rural Connecticut. Our home backed up to a state park, so, essentially, we had no neighbors. My siblings and I spent our days [...]
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources and Recommended Reading For Addressing Diversity and Race in Michigan Audubon Chapters
Finney, C. 2014. Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors. University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill. Giltner, S. E. 2008. Hunting and Fishing in the New South: Black Labor and White [...]
Spring Fling Canceled for 2022
In light of concerns about the potential impact of the continued spread of COVID-19 variants and their effects on local businesses in Paradise, Mich., Whitefish Point Bird Observatory leadership has decided to again not hold our traditional Spring Fling [...]
Winter Birding Tours Announced
Winter Birding in the Eastern U.P. January 22–23 & February 12–13 Are you anxious to see a Canada Jay? Hoping to check the Northern Hawk Owl off your list? Then join Michigan Audubon and our birding guide, Darrell Lawson, [...]