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Just A Chirp Grosse Pointe Audubon
Spring 2009
Spring, finally! Okay, call me a sucker. Or naive. I’ve lived in Michigan long enough to know that it can snow in May, but I hereby declare that winter is over! I know that winter is over because the birds tell me so. The earliest migrants -Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle -- have already arrived on their Grosse Pointe nesting grounds, and other spring birds like White-throated Sparrow, Tree Swallow and Turkey Vulture have been seen in small numbers. The flow of those birds will pick up as soon as the wind again
Get ready for migrants like this Cape May Warbler. shifts to the south. Meanwhile, neotropical
migrants like warblers and tanagers are urgently preparing for their journeys by taking in as many calories as they can. They need to lay on as much fat as they can to be able to fly over large bodies of water like the Gulf of Mexico. Fat is critical for these birds because it supplies the energy they need to fly long distances without stopping. If a bird’s fat supply is exhausted before it is able to cross a large body of water, it will begin to metabolize its own muscles for energy. And when the muscle supply is See SPRING, Page 2
Spring Schedule April 20 -- "Costa Rica—The Land of Pura Vida." Ralph Gorton is a professor emeritus at Lansing Community College. His illustrated talk will introduce the amazing biodiversity, geography and history of this Central American wonderland. This will also be Grosse Pointe Audubon’s annual meeting and election of officers. Social hour starts at 7 p.m. and the meeting will start at 7:30 In the Annex behind Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church, 17150 Maumee, Grosse Pointe. April 28, May 5, 12, 19 and 26 -- Bird walk at the Country Club of Detroit. 6:30 a.m. May 5 -- Bird walk at Neff Park in Grosse Pointe City. 6 p.m. Reservations required by May 3. Call (313) 885-6502 or sign up at the April 20 meeting. May 10 -- Our annual trip to Seven Ponds Nature Center. We will be gathering data for the North American Migration Count that day. Early birds will hit the field at 7 a.m. or come at 10 a.m. for a naturalist-guided walk. May 12 -- Bird walk at Patterson Park in Grosse Pointe Park. 6 p.m. Reservations required by May 10. Call (313) 885-6502 or sign up at the April 20 meeting.
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SPRING, continued from Page 1 gone, the bird will actually metabolize its own digestive system for energy. Imagine that!
Spring meeting Our last meeting of the 2008-09 year is scheduled for Monday, April 20. The speaker that night will be Prof. Ralph Gorton, a biology teacher at Lansing Community College. He will present, “Costa Rica--The Land of Pura Vida.”
Annual Meeting and Election Our April 20 meeting will also serve as our annual meeting and election of officers. We will be voting on president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Secretary? Yes, our bylaws call for a secretary, even though we have been operating without one for years and years. If you would like to increase your participation in Grosse Pointe Audubon, consider running for an office!
way at 7:30 a.m. There will also be an additional evening walk at 6 p.m. on May 7. There is a $7 fee. Be sure to make reservations well in advance. Wear waterproof shoes because the grass is often very wet first thing in the morning and dress for the weather. Call the Ford House at (313) 884-4222 for reservations.
Tuesday morning birders And Grosse Pointe Audubon’s Tuesday morning walks at the Country Club of Detroit will get under way on April 28 and continue on May 5, 12, 19 and 26. We’ll start at 6:30 a.m. and finish by 8 a.m. to get everyone to work on time. Enter the Country Club’s driveway, turn left in front of the clubhouse and go down the service road. We’ll meet at the woods. We will also have evening bird walks again this year. We’ll do Neff Park on May 5 and Patterson Park on May 12. Both walks will start at 6 p.m. You will need to make a reservation for both of these walks. Sign up at the April 20 meeting.
Annual Seven Ponds Trip Birding for glory Do it for civic pride! Do it for personal pride! Do it for fun! Set your calendar now, and join Grosse Pointe Audubon on Saturday, May 2, for the fourth annual Grosse Pointe Birding Challenge. Teams will be scouring the Grosse Pointe communities for as many bird species as they can count. Tabulation takes place at noon at Panera Bread in the Village, and the winner takes home an imaginary trophy and a feeling of smug superiority. This year’s bonus bird will be the Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker. Join a team for the morning or just for a while. Sign up for a team at the April 20 meeting. See the GP Audubon blog for rules.
Take a (bird) walk Join Rosann Kovalcik and Martin Blagdurn on April 25, May 7, May 8 and May 9, for bird walks at the Ford House. The walks get under
Directions to Seven Ponds: Take I-696 west to Van Dyke, which is also known as M-53. Turn right and go north on Van Dyke. Stay to the right and M-53 will turn into a freeway. Take M-53 past the towns of Romeo and Almont. Two miles north of Almont, turn left – or west – on Dryden Road until you get to Calkins Road. Turn left onto Calkins Road and follow it until it becomes Crawford Road. You will see the center on your right. Give yourself an hour and a half travel time.
Whitefish Pt. Observatory Raffle The Whitefish Point Bird Observatory is holding its annual raffle, with first prize being a lovely handmade queen-sized quilt. Second prize is Denali 8x42 binoculars. Third prize is the National Geographic field guide. Tickets are $2.00 each or three for $5. Tickets will be available at our April 20 meeting. PAGE 2
Call (810) 796-3200 for more information or to register for programs.
many earth-friendly vendors will be set up in the courtyard commons. Bring your family and show your support for the earth by participating in this fun and informative day.
Natural Body Care Saturday, April 11, 10:00 a.m. Jan Burns will show you how to use natural ingredients for making your own body care products. Participants will make their own body care product during the workshop. Fee: $20.00 per person. Space is limited to 25 people so please call to pre-register.
Invasive Plant Workday Sunday, April 26, 1:00 p.m. We will be working on removing dame’s rocket around the nature center building. This is a great opportunity to learn how to remove these invasive non-native plants on your property and is also a chance to earn community service hours. Please dress for the weather and bring your work gloves.
Spring Awakenings Sunday, April 12, 2:00 p.m. We will experience nature as it awakens from a long winter’s sleep.
Spring Bird Walk 1 Wednesday, April 29, 8:00 a.m. This first spring bird walk will take us along the center’s own trails in search of House Wrens, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Eastern Towhees and a variety of additional species. All bird watching levels are welcome. Bring binoculars, field guide, and dress for the weather. Fee: $3 (no charge for members).
Seven Ponds Nature Center
Owl Prowl Friday, April 17, 7:00 p.m. Our owl prowl will begin indoors with a short talk about the owls of Michigan. We’ll then hike along the trails in hopes of calling in one or more of the nature center’s resident owls. Bring a flashlight. Limited to 20 participants. Please pre-register. Fee: $5.00 ($3.00 member). Salamander Foray Saturday, April 18, 10:00 a.m. & Sunday, April 19, 2:00 p.m. Join us for a day of salamander discovery at Jonathan Woods. We will be looking for the six species that reside in the rich woods while learning about their natural history and conservation. Meet at Seven Ponds and carpool to the site. Limit 12 at each session. Must preregister. Fee: $3 per adult, $1 per child (members free). Wild Lapeer - An Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 25, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Seven Ponds will again be co-hosting this event at the Lapeer Courthouse in downtown Lapeer. There will be several family-oriented events. Lunch will focus on locally grown foods and
Frog and Toad Walk Sunday, May 3, 2:00 p.m. We will walk by various wetlands to listen for amphibian songsters and offer helpful ways to remember their songs. Spring Bird Walk 2 Wednesday, May 13, 8:00 a.m. For our second spring bird walk we’ll explore the center’s trails in search of migrating warblers, Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Scarlet Tanager. All bird watching levels are welcome. Bring binoculars, field guide, and dress for the weather. Fee: $3.00 (no charge for members). Garlic Mustard Pull and Wildflower Walk Sunday, May 10, 1:00 p.m. The Stewardship Network will host a garlic mustard pull at our Jonathan Woods property, but before working we will go on a wildflower walk in our wildflower area. PAGE 3
JUST A CHIRP
SPRING 2009
About Grosse Pointe Audubon President -- Bill Rapai, president, (313) 885-6502 or [email protected] Sylvia Sanders, vice president, (313) 886-0869 Mark O’Keefe, treasurer, (313) 884-7472 or [email protected] Joanna Pease, representative to Seven Ponds Nature Center, [email protected] www.gpaudubon.blogspot.com Grosse Pointe Audubon meets in the Annex of the Pointe Unitarian Church at 17150 Maumee, between St. Clair and Neff in Grosse Pointe. Social hour starts at 7 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:30. Our meetings are free and open to all, so bring a friend!
Grosse Pointe Audubon 443 St. Clair Grosse Pointe, MI 48230
Spring 2009
Spring, finally! Okay, call me a sucker. Or naive. I’ve lived in Michigan long enough to know that it can snow in May, but I hereby declare that winter is over! I know that winter is over because the birds tell me so. The earliest migrants -Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle -- have already arrived on their Grosse Pointe nesting grounds, and other spring birds like White-throated Sparrow, Tree Swallow and Turkey Vulture have been seen in small numbers. The flow of those birds will pick up as soon as the wind again
Get ready for migrants like this Cape May Warbler. shifts to the south. Meanwhile, neotropical
migrants like warblers and tanagers are urgently preparing for their journeys by taking in as many calories as they can. They need to lay on as much fat as they can to be able to fly over large bodies of water like the Gulf of Mexico. Fat is critical for these birds because it supplies the energy they need to fly long distances without stopping. If a bird’s fat supply is exhausted before it is able to cross a large body of water, it will begin to metabolize its own muscles for energy. And when the muscle supply is See SPRING, Page 2
Spring Schedule April 20 -- "Costa Rica—The Land of Pura Vida." Ralph Gorton is a professor emeritus at Lansing Community College. His illustrated talk will introduce the amazing biodiversity, geography and history of this Central American wonderland. This will also be Grosse Pointe Audubon’s annual meeting and election of officers. Social hour starts at 7 p.m. and the meeting will start at 7:30 In the Annex behind Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church, 17150 Maumee, Grosse Pointe. April 28, May 5, 12, 19 and 26 -- Bird walk at the Country Club of Detroit. 6:30 a.m. May 5 -- Bird walk at Neff Park in Grosse Pointe City. 6 p.m. Reservations required by May 3. Call (313) 885-6502 or sign up at the April 20 meeting. May 10 -- Our annual trip to Seven Ponds Nature Center. We will be gathering data for the North American Migration Count that day. Early birds will hit the field at 7 a.m. or come at 10 a.m. for a naturalist-guided walk. May 12 -- Bird walk at Patterson Park in Grosse Pointe Park. 6 p.m. Reservations required by May 10. Call (313) 885-6502 or sign up at the April 20 meeting.
PAGE 1
SPRING, continued from Page 1 gone, the bird will actually metabolize its own digestive system for energy. Imagine that!
Spring meeting Our last meeting of the 2008-09 year is scheduled for Monday, April 20. The speaker that night will be Prof. Ralph Gorton, a biology teacher at Lansing Community College. He will present, “Costa Rica--The Land of Pura Vida.”
Annual Meeting and Election Our April 20 meeting will also serve as our annual meeting and election of officers. We will be voting on president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Secretary? Yes, our bylaws call for a secretary, even though we have been operating without one for years and years. If you would like to increase your participation in Grosse Pointe Audubon, consider running for an office!
way at 7:30 a.m. There will also be an additional evening walk at 6 p.m. on May 7. There is a $7 fee. Be sure to make reservations well in advance. Wear waterproof shoes because the grass is often very wet first thing in the morning and dress for the weather. Call the Ford House at (313) 884-4222 for reservations.
Tuesday morning birders And Grosse Pointe Audubon’s Tuesday morning walks at the Country Club of Detroit will get under way on April 28 and continue on May 5, 12, 19 and 26. We’ll start at 6:30 a.m. and finish by 8 a.m. to get everyone to work on time. Enter the Country Club’s driveway, turn left in front of the clubhouse and go down the service road. We’ll meet at the woods. We will also have evening bird walks again this year. We’ll do Neff Park on May 5 and Patterson Park on May 12. Both walks will start at 6 p.m. You will need to make a reservation for both of these walks. Sign up at the April 20 meeting.
Annual Seven Ponds Trip Birding for glory Do it for civic pride! Do it for personal pride! Do it for fun! Set your calendar now, and join Grosse Pointe Audubon on Saturday, May 2, for the fourth annual Grosse Pointe Birding Challenge. Teams will be scouring the Grosse Pointe communities for as many bird species as they can count. Tabulation takes place at noon at Panera Bread in the Village, and the winner takes home an imaginary trophy and a feeling of smug superiority. This year’s bonus bird will be the Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker. Join a team for the morning or just for a while. Sign up for a team at the April 20 meeting. See the GP Audubon blog for rules.
Take a (bird) walk Join Rosann Kovalcik and Martin Blagdurn on April 25, May 7, May 8 and May 9, for bird walks at the Ford House. The walks get under
Directions to Seven Ponds: Take I-696 west to Van Dyke, which is also known as M-53. Turn right and go north on Van Dyke. Stay to the right and M-53 will turn into a freeway. Take M-53 past the towns of Romeo and Almont. Two miles north of Almont, turn left – or west – on Dryden Road until you get to Calkins Road. Turn left onto Calkins Road and follow it until it becomes Crawford Road. You will see the center on your right. Give yourself an hour and a half travel time.
Whitefish Pt. Observatory Raffle The Whitefish Point Bird Observatory is holding its annual raffle, with first prize being a lovely handmade queen-sized quilt. Second prize is Denali 8x42 binoculars. Third prize is the National Geographic field guide. Tickets are $2.00 each or three for $5. Tickets will be available at our April 20 meeting. PAGE 2
Call (810) 796-3200 for more information or to register for programs.
many earth-friendly vendors will be set up in the courtyard commons. Bring your family and show your support for the earth by participating in this fun and informative day.
Natural Body Care Saturday, April 11, 10:00 a.m. Jan Burns will show you how to use natural ingredients for making your own body care products. Participants will make their own body care product during the workshop. Fee: $20.00 per person. Space is limited to 25 people so please call to pre-register.
Invasive Plant Workday Sunday, April 26, 1:00 p.m. We will be working on removing dame’s rocket around the nature center building. This is a great opportunity to learn how to remove these invasive non-native plants on your property and is also a chance to earn community service hours. Please dress for the weather and bring your work gloves.
Spring Awakenings Sunday, April 12, 2:00 p.m. We will experience nature as it awakens from a long winter’s sleep.
Spring Bird Walk 1 Wednesday, April 29, 8:00 a.m. This first spring bird walk will take us along the center’s own trails in search of House Wrens, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Eastern Towhees and a variety of additional species. All bird watching levels are welcome. Bring binoculars, field guide, and dress for the weather. Fee: $3 (no charge for members).
Seven Ponds Nature Center
Owl Prowl Friday, April 17, 7:00 p.m. Our owl prowl will begin indoors with a short talk about the owls of Michigan. We’ll then hike along the trails in hopes of calling in one or more of the nature center’s resident owls. Bring a flashlight. Limited to 20 participants. Please pre-register. Fee: $5.00 ($3.00 member). Salamander Foray Saturday, April 18, 10:00 a.m. & Sunday, April 19, 2:00 p.m. Join us for a day of salamander discovery at Jonathan Woods. We will be looking for the six species that reside in the rich woods while learning about their natural history and conservation. Meet at Seven Ponds and carpool to the site. Limit 12 at each session. Must preregister. Fee: $3 per adult, $1 per child (members free). Wild Lapeer - An Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 25, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Seven Ponds will again be co-hosting this event at the Lapeer Courthouse in downtown Lapeer. There will be several family-oriented events. Lunch will focus on locally grown foods and
Frog and Toad Walk Sunday, May 3, 2:00 p.m. We will walk by various wetlands to listen for amphibian songsters and offer helpful ways to remember their songs. Spring Bird Walk 2 Wednesday, May 13, 8:00 a.m. For our second spring bird walk we’ll explore the center’s trails in search of migrating warblers, Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Scarlet Tanager. All bird watching levels are welcome. Bring binoculars, field guide, and dress for the weather. Fee: $3.00 (no charge for members). Garlic Mustard Pull and Wildflower Walk Sunday, May 10, 1:00 p.m. The Stewardship Network will host a garlic mustard pull at our Jonathan Woods property, but before working we will go on a wildflower walk in our wildflower area. PAGE 3
JUST A CHIRP
SPRING 2009
About Grosse Pointe Audubon President -- Bill Rapai, president, (313) 885-6502 or [email protected] Sylvia Sanders, vice president, (313) 886-0869 Mark O’Keefe, treasurer, (313) 884-7472 or [email protected] Joanna Pease, representative to Seven Ponds Nature Center, [email protected] www.gpaudubon.blogspot.com Grosse Pointe Audubon meets in the Annex of the Pointe Unitarian Church at 17150 Maumee, between St. Clair and Neff in Grosse Pointe. Social hour starts at 7 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:30. Our meetings are free and open to all, so bring a friend!
Grosse Pointe Audubon 443 St. Clair Grosse Pointe, MI 48230
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