The Michigan Audubon Blog: all things Michigan birds and conservation. This page includes action alerts, news, and special information, posted by Michigan Audubon staff.
2016 Nest Watch Report
This year marked the second year of the Capital City Bird Sanctuary nest box trail and the inaugural year for nest boxes at Baker Sanctuary. This is the 4th year of nest box monitoring for Haehnle Sanctuary. Overall, nest success [...]
Michigan Audubon Used Book and Holiday Sale
Looking for the perfect gift for your favorite bird enthusiast? Been eyeing that special guidebook to snuggle up with by the fire this holiday season? Love searching for an incredible used book bargain? Join us for the Michigan Audubon Used [...]
Registration for Winter UP Birding Tours Opens November 11th
Winter is a great time to dust off your scope and grab your binoculars. Join Michigan Audubon and our skilled guides for birding tours of the Eastern Upper Peninsula. Tours will be offered on January 21-22, 2017 and February 11-12, [...]
For the Birds T-Shirt Contest Winner Announced
Congratulations to Rachel Sperber, winner of Michigan Audubon's For the Birds t-shirt design contest. Rachel has been interested in birds her entire life. "Anecdotally, my mother claims that when I was very young she used to play a card matching game [...]
Migratory Bird Treaty Centennial
Celebrating 100 years of international migratory bird conservation! Following near extinction by the 1930's, Trumpeter Swan populations have made a drastic recovery in Michigan and across the continent. Photo by Michigan Audubon The signing of the Migratory Bird Treaty [...]
Vandals Target Treasured Bird Sanctuary
Recent damage to Phyllis Haehnle Memorial Sanctuary ignites support from the birding community Over the past several weeks, Phyllis Haehnle Memorial Sanctuary has seen a rash of vandalism. These senseless acts damaged not only the handmade kiosk, signs, and new [...]
Pollinator Week, A Wrap-Up
Celebrating our Partners in Pollination for Pollinator Week This week, we celebrated National Pollinator Week. Initially designated in 2007 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of the Interior to raise awareness of declining pollinator populations. We shared [...]
Join our Milkweed Planting Workdays!
Volunteers Needed to Support Monarch Butterflies In response to continent-wide declines of monarch butterfly populations, Michigan Audubon is working to support monarchs and other pollinators on two local sanctuaries. Monarch Watch, a nonprofit focused on monarch butterfly education and conservation, [...]
International Migratory Bird Day, 2016
Migratory Bird Day, May 14, 2016 by Conservation Science Coordinator Rachelle Roake Tanagers, orioles, thrushes, flycatchers, warblers—the air is full of migrants and birdsong. To celebrate the return of these and other transcontinental migrants, this Saturday, May 14, 2016 is [...]
Meet Michigan Audubon’s New Executive Director, Heather Good
Please Welcome New Executive Director for Michigan Audubon: Heather Good On Behalf of the Board of Directors, we are thrilled to announce that as of 1 March 2016, Heather Good will be the new Executive Director of Michigan Audubon. Heather [...]