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Saving Birds Thru Habitat

Helping to improve habitat for migrating birds one backyard at a time. Our gardens and self-guided tours are open May 1 - October 31 from dawn to dusk.

04/27/2022

There was a mistake on the original poster. Here is the corrected version

08/20/2021

Manistee birder Brian Allen had an unforgettable moment with Sandhill Cranes a few years back. It’s a tale so wild, he wonders if anyone would believe him.

08/12/2021

Kathie Snedeker and Peter VanDusen were volunteers of the year for 2021. Kathie has been editor for our newsletter for more than a decade. Her fine work has improved our work on every edition. Peter stepped up when my late husband was moved into a care center to assist in caring for our gardens. As Kathie did with her efforts on our newsletters, Peter helped to keep our native plants gardens up to s***f. Our most sincere thanks to both.

07/06/2021

IF YOU FIND A NESTLING BIRD THAT HAS JUMPED OR FALLEN FROM ITS NEST DO NOT TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU. Occasionally a nestling will leave its nest before it can fly - but its parents are around to care for it. No human can replicate the care of a nestling's parents, and should not try. It is, moreover, against both state and federal laws to take wild birds into your home.

06/22/2021

How Do We Decide?
Are native plants really essential to pollinators and birds? There are those who believe we should not focus on natives. Can we improve our ability to discern which is right? Is it possible to increase the likelihood we’ve chosen the best answer to a question, or the best approach to answer the question?  If we could, then we might better discern the best solutions for conservation conundrums, and then more effectively save birds and improve the natural world. Please join us as we  try to improve our critical thinking skills. Our guides will be John Putnam, Professor Emeritus, US Air Force Academy, and David Westmoreland, Professor of Biology, US Air Force Academy. Lunch is included after each session. The second
session is an optional opportunity to participate in a “practice session.”
Wednesday and Thursday, July 7 and 9 at the Habitat Discovery Center, 5020 N. Putnam Road. Space limited to 12 people. Call 231-271-3837 to register, or email [email protected]. Second session is an optional discussio

06/10/2021

On Monday, I joined several Saving Birds' board members for a birding trip to the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy's grassland (at the C. S. Mott Preserve near Arcadia) and a couple of other upland sites on the way to the Marsh. We were thrilled to see several species that are slipping away from us (grasshopper sparrow, bobolink, dickcissel and Eastern meadowlark). Shown here is a photo of our leader and board member Brian Allen, two shots of a meadowlark (my favorite is the one looking like a butterball with wings) and a pair of trumpeter swans. These very large, beautiful white birds were driven nearly to extinction in the last century; conservation measures brought them back to a healthy breeding population today. They still face some challenges, one is competition with European mute swans. All the photos here were taken by our board President, Bert Thomas.

05/30/2021

Here are about half of yesterday's participants in our Saturday morning birding hikes. They are on the most secluded part of Charter Sanctuary. Our Technical Advisor, Dave Dister, is sharing information about not just the birds present, but also the plants.

05/23/2021

Yesterday we hosted our second birding hike on adjacent Charter Sanctuary. Although the bird species list was the best of the year so far, one of the favorite sightings was this beautiful green frog in the Sanctuary pond. Charter Sanctuary hosts not only a significant numbers of nesting birds. but also SIX frog species: American Toad, Northern Spring Peeper, Northern Leopard Frog, Western Chorus Frog, Gray Tree Frog and Green Frogs like the one in the photo by photographer Wayne Richard Pope.

05/07/2021

Our spring newsletter is out. Just click on the line:

05/01/2021

Bird Hike on Charter Sanctuary 9:00 – 10:30 AM, Saturday, May 15

Join us at our Discovery Center (5020 N. Putnam Road) for a guided birding hike through Charter Sanctuary. During this hike, we may see a number of newly arrived migrants from the Tropics such as Baltimore Oriole, Indigo Bunting and Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Charter Sanctuary was established exclusively for the benefit of declining songbird populations. It is closed to protect nesting birds except for special guided events like this one. No Charge. STRICTLY LIMITED TO 10 PARTICIPANTS DUE TO THE VIRUS: Moderately strenuous. RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL. Call 231-271-3738 or email [email protected].

(And remember, only oranges and grapes for our beautiful orioles (NO JELLY) and only plain white suger (1-4 water, change at least every other day) for hummers.

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PO Box 288
Omena, MI
49674

Telephone

+12312713738

Website

http://www.savingbirds.org/

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