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Calendar of Events
 
January
13 Grand Traverse Audubon Club Field Trip:  Snowshoe or X-Country Ski Birding. 
9:00 a.m.
Leader:  Bob Carstens, 938-5976.
Meet at the YMCA off  South Airport Rd.

17 Owashtanong Islands Audubon Society - “Who-Hoo-Hoo Lives in Your Neighborhood?” 
7:30 
The guys from the Outdoor Discovery Center are back, with a close-up look at the owls that live in Michigan.  We’ll learn about how owls live and hunt, and what their nesting requirements are, for those interested in providing owl boxes for habitat.  We hope to have owl house kits available, and some time at the end of the program to demonstrate and assemble some of them.

25 Grand Traverse Audubon Club Regular Meeting 
Great Salt Lake by Cindee and Larry Dubey.

February
21 Owashtanong Islands Audubon Society - “Birding In the Land of the Incas” 
7:30 
Take a break from winter and travel with us to Peru, where Carl and Judi Manning found and photographed all sorts of tropical delights to share.

March
21 Owashtanong Islands Audubon Society - “Around The Sun” - 365 Days of Nature Photos 
7:30 
Photographer, author, and naturalist Mark Carlson selected one photo for each day of the year from his private nature preserve in Bath, to take us all the way around the calendar.  Mark is an accomplished nature photographer and often goes to great lengths to get a certain subject or effect.

April
18 Owashtanong Islands Audubon Society - Spring Butterflies 
7:30 
Linda Koning will present an authoritative program on the butterflies of West Michigan

May
17 Owashtanong Islands Audubon Society - Annual Potluck, 7:30 Members’ “Show-and-Tell” Slide Show 
6:30 
Everyone is encouraged to bring up to 20 of their favorite nature shots to share

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November
 
December