The Muskegon County Nature Club: April 2021

Saturday, April 17, 2021

April 17 Field Trip Report

Despite health issues preventing the originally-scheduled leaders from attending, five club members with seven others spent three hours this morning looking for birds at the Upper Macatawa Natural Area near Zeeland.

Notable sightings included American bittern, sora, Virginia rail, swamp sparrow and blue-gray gnatcatcher. If we receive any photos from the trip, we will post them here.

Thursday, April 8, 2021

May Events Down to One

Our last scheduled meeting of this Covid-ruined season is canceled. We will not hold the potluck picnic in May. This also means there will be no Election of Officers in May. We will have a Big Day Count on May 15.

Details about the election, Big Day, and our summer field trips will be posted later.

2023-2024 EVENTS

Programs are in conjunction with the Owashtanog Islands Audubon Society. Social Time: 6:00-6:30, Program: 6:30-8:00, at the Loutit Library in Grand Haven. See schedule below. We hold three business meetings each season (September, January and May) with time and place details posted on this page. The public is welcome at all meetings and field trips. If you decide to keep attending, please join our club. Dues are $20.00 per year and include our monthly newsletter.

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Sept. 16 Field Trip

Dune Harbor Park

Sept. 19 Meeting

Before the Program

Sept. 19 Program

Birding in Uganda

Steve Hamburg

Oct. 17 Program

Blandford's Birds of Prey

Oct. 21 Field Trip

Clear Springs and Lions Park

Nov. 18 Field Trip

Snug Harbor and MLNP

Nov. 21 Program

Michigan Owls - Mike Overway

December 16 Christmas Bird Count

City of Muskegon

December 20 Christmas Bird Count

MCRRC (Wastewater)

Jan. 20 Field Trip

Muskegon County Resource Recovery Center

Jan. 16 Program:

Muskegon River Beauty & Biology - Kevin Feenstra

Winter Meeting:

Date, Time and Location

To Be Announced

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Feb. 17 Field Trip

Pere Marquette Park and Muskegon Channel

Feb. 20 Program

Topic Birding in Sweden

Eric Gustafson

Mar. 16 Field Trip

Black Lake Park

Mar. 19 Program

Outdoor Discovery Center - Conservation Services & Birds of Prey

Apr. 16 Program

Kirtland's Warbler - David Ewert

Apr. 20 Field Trip

Howard Christensen Nature Center

May 16 Meeting

Potluck Picnic

May 18 Field Trip

BIG DAY COUNT

June 15 Field Trip

Walkinshaw Sanctuary and

Gale's Pond

July 20 Field Trip

Allegan State Game Area

and Crane's Restaurant

Aug. 17 Field Trip

Muskegon Resource Recovery Center

MUSKEGON COUNTY NATURE CLUB

In the late 1930's Muskegon High School biology teacher Anne Verne Fuller took her students on birding hikes. With the encouragement of the school librarian and renowned local naturalist Margaret Drake Elliott, those hikes continued after school. Thus began the Muskegon County Nature Club.

Originally the club met at the Muskegon County Museum located in the Vanderlaan School; later in the old jail building. Through many years and many people it evolved into today's official Muskegon chapter of Michigan Aubuon.

We would enjoy meeting you in person sometime, so please come to one of our meetings or field trips. If you decide to keep attending, please join the club. Dues are $20.00 per year. Benefits include our friendship and the monthly club newsletter.

2022-2023 OFFICERS:

- Beth Miller

President

- Greg DeWeerd

Treasurer

- Ric Pedler

Secretary

Citizen Science and Reports

Various members of our club have been involved in CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS such as:

Shorebird Surveys (MANOMET Center for Conservation Sciences)

Marsh Monitoring (Bird Life International, Bird Studies Canada)

North American Migration Count

(National Audubon Society)

Christmas Bird Counts

(National Audubon Society)

Hawk-watching (Hawk Migration Association of North America).

Bluebird Box Maintenance

and Monitoring

(Muskegon County Wastewater

Management System)

For past reports and data, email the address above.

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