Michiana Audubon Club

Michiana Audubon Club Michiana Audubon Club meets on Mondays, Sept thru May (excluding Dec) at 6:00 pm

Mission Statement:
The Michiana Audubon Club will demonstrate respect for the natural world by providing educational programs and wholesome activities for our members and the community at large. We will encourage the conservation of resources by our actions as individuals and as a group. Goals:
* Conserve Wildlife
* Appreciate and Understand Nature
* Identify Birds by Sight and Sound
* Provide Opportunities to Share Observations
* Develop Good Fellowship
* Support the Michigan Audubon Society

This is absolutely heartbreaking. It's incomprehensible how someone could be so cruel. Please consider donating to the B...
07/09/2026

This is absolutely heartbreaking. It's incomprehensible how someone could be so cruel. Please consider donating to the Bird Center of Michigan to help with the care of the martin chicks, as well as all the other birds and wildlife in their care.

Hello members! Our annual picnic is Monday, June 8, 12:00 pm, at Pine K**b Park Clubhouse in Howe, Indiana. The picnic i...
06/02/2026

Hello members! Our annual picnic is Monday, June 8, 12:00 pm, at Pine K**b Park Clubhouse in Howe, Indiana. The picnic is potluck style and everyone should bring a dish to pass, table service, and your own beverage. We will walk the trails afterwards for those of you who would like to join us. Hope to see you there!

Monday's meeting has been cancelled due to the inclement winter weather. Stay safe and warm and we hope to see everyone ...
01/26/2026

Monday's meeting has been cancelled due to the inclement winter weather. Stay safe and warm and we hope to see everyone next month!

The National Audubon Society featured a photo on their page of a Henslow's Sparrow taken by our very own Karen Brown, wh...
01/06/2026

The National Audubon Society featured a photo on their page of a Henslow's Sparrow taken by our very own Karen Brown, who is our club secretary as well as a bird and nature photographer. Congratulations Karen! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BvtahQLwj/the

This fall, habitat restoration work began on 300 acres of newly acquired land at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center to transform the ecosystem into native tallgrass prairie perfectly suited for threatened grassland bird species like the Henslow’s Sparrow. Read more at the link in comments.

It is both amazing and heartwarming what was done to help this Eagle. Such a remarkable team of people who made this hap...
12/06/2025

It is both amazing and heartwarming what was done to help this Eagle. Such a remarkable team of people who made this happen.

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When rescuers first found Beauty, a bald eagle in Alaska, she was barely alive. A single gunshot had destroyed her upper beak, the tool she needed for everything: eating, drinking, grooming, and defending herself. Without it, she was trapped in a slow, inevitable decline. In the wild, she would have survived only a few days.

But a handful of strangers refused to accept that ending.

A wildlife rehabilitator contacted a mechanical engineer. The engineer brought in a dentist. A dentist reached out to a 3D-printing specialist. Piece by piece, a small, unlikely team formed around a single goal: to give a wounded eagle a second chance at life.

They spent months studying Beauty’s injuries, scanning her skull, designing prototypes, and testing materials that were both light enough for flight and strong enough for daily use. Every millimeter mattered. The prosthetic had to match the shape of a beak that no longer existed.

When the final 3D-printed beak was ready, the team attached it with careful precision.

Then, in a room full of people holding their breath, Beauty did something miraculous.

She reached down…
gripped a piece of food…
and fed herself for the first time since the gunshot.

Some cried. Others laughed in disbelief. All of them knew they had witnessed a turning point — not just for one eagle, but for the future of wildlife rehabilitation.

Over the following months, another surprise emerged. Protected by the prosthetic, Beauty’s natural beak began to regrow underneath it. The device had not only restored her function — it had given her body the chance to heal.

Beauty became the first bald eagle in history to receive a fully functional, 3D-printed beak.
Her story remains a powerful reminder that when compassion and innovation work together, even the most broken lives can be rebuilt.

If one eagle can inspire this level of devotion… imagine what could happen if we offered the same determination to every living being

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Address

White Pigeon High School, 410 Prairie Avenue
White Pigeon, MI
49099

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+12692211948

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