November 18 Field Trip
Snug Harbor (Muskegon State Park)
Ken Sherburn, Leader
We will meet at 9:00 on Saturday morning, November 18, in the Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve parking lot. For an hour or so we will walk around the preserve looking for whatever bird species we can find.
Later we will drive out to the Snug Harbor parking lot at Muskegon State Park to bird that area until about noon. Hope to see you there!
November 21 Program
1-Year Quest to Photograph America's Owls
Mike Overway
Shortly before the pandemic, Mike Overway of the Holland Audubon Society had the brilliant idea of a collaboration of planned vacations, mission trips, and bird outings that would cleverly allow for the possibility to see and photograph all nineteen of North America's resident owls in one calendar year. Join us to see how the best laid plans and some dubious but splendiferous luck worked out as he bounced all over the United States. Hear about the friends who helped, the fascinating people encountered, the wonderful birds and mammals seen, and how this potentially ill-timed effort unfolded.
Mike and Amy Overway are lifelong Holland residents and have three adult children. They enjoy traveling, camping, outdoor activities, and mission trips, and are heavily involved at church. Mike has been a "birder" for over 20 years, a carpenter for over 25 years, and a lover of nature for as long as he can remember. Recently, he has realized that he may be more of a "natural treasure hunter" than anything else as he and Amy have spent time looking for the next new fish while snorkeling, the next new peak, stream or cave while hiking, the next shark tooth, the next fossil, the next rock, or the next seashell, all along with the next new bird. They are certainly blessed with wondrous variety!
MCNC programs are in conjunction with the Owashtanong Islands Audubon Society at the Loutit Library, 407 Columbus Ave., Grand Haven. Social time 6:00-6:30 p.m., program 6:30-8:00).
