Program
Registration is required to attend the festival and the conference. Your registration fee will cover attendance at afternoon sessions and in carpool trips.
Additional fees are required to participate in some events. Visit the registration page for details:
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Walk-up registrations during the event are welcome, but please be aware that some activities may be full.
There are no walk-up registrations for the Friday evening banquet.
Tawas Point Birding Festival & Michigan Audubon Annual Conference 2010 complete program (PDF)
Thursday, May 13
Pre-conference workshops
- FULL 1:00 – 4:00 pm Beginning Birding Workshop – Held at the Days Inn, Tawas City
- 1:00 – 4:00 pm Scenic River Byway Bus Tour
- 2:00 – 4:00 pm AuSable River Guided Canoe Trip
- 2:00 – 4:00 pm Tawas Point Lighthouse History & Tour
Evening birding tour
- FULL 7:00 pm Guided birding of Tuttle Marsh – Karl Overman, leader
(Download a copy of Thursday’s schedule)
Friday, May 14
Guided field trips
- 7:00 am – Tawas Point State Park – Karl Overman, leader
- FULL 7:00 am - Bus trip to Pine River Kirtland’s Warbler Management Area – Paul Thompson, leader
- 7:00 am - Bus trip to Tuttle Marsh – Chris Williams, leader
Morning activities at Tawas Point State Park
- 7:00 – 10:00 am Coffee and Doughnuts for sale by the Friends of Tawas Point
- 7:00 – 9:00 am Bird Banding Demonstration – Ed Pike
Carpool field trip
- 9:30 am – AuSable River Guided Wildflower Walk – led by AuSable Valley Audubon members
Conference welcome and seminar series* at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort
- 1:00 pm – Annual Conference Welcome
- 1:15 – 2:15 pm
Live Birds of Prey – Joe Rogers & Wildlife Recovery
Warbler ID – Roger Eriksson
- 2:40 – 3:40 pm
Was That Another LBJ? – Gary Siegrist
Bald Eagles of the AuSable – Paul Thompson
- 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Cormorants – Pete Butchko
Starting a World list – Karl Overman
- 6:30 pm Annual meeting, banquet dinner, and keynote address
Location: Wiltse’s Brew Pub in Oscoda
Status of the Michigan IBAs – Caleb Putnam
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kevin Karlson – Birds on the Wind: the Miracle of Migration
(Download a copy of Friday’s schedule)
Saturday, May 15
Morning field trips
- FULL 7:00 am Birding Tawas Point State Park – Caleb Putnam, leader
- 7:00 am Bus Trip to Pine River Kirtland’s Warbler Management Area – Chris Williams, leader
- 7:00 am Bus Trip to Eagle Run – Mark Misenheimer & Sue Kocis, leaders
Morning activities at Tawas Point State Park
- 7:00 – 10:00 am Coffee and Doughnuts for sale by the Friends of Tawas Point
- 7:00 – 9:00 am Bird Banding Demonstration – Ed Pike
Carpool fied trips
- FULL 8:00 am Birding Clark’s Marsh – Carl Racchini, leader
- 9:30 am Au Sable River Guided Wildflower Walk – led by AuSable Valley Audubon members
- 9:30 am Birding Riverbank & Shoreline Parks, Oscoda – Ed Cole, leader
Afternoon seminars at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Birds of Prey – Joe Rogers & Wildlife Recovery Association
Warbler ID – Roger Eriksson
- 2:00 – 2:45 pm
Was That Another LBJ? – Gary Siegrist
Bald Eagles of the AuSable – Paul Thompson
- 3:00 – 3:45 pm
Cormorants – Pete Butchko
Starting a World List – Karl Overman
Afternoon activities at Tawas Point State Park
- 12:30 Birding by Impression Workshop with Kevin Karlson
- 3:00 pm LIVE BIRDS OF PREY presentation by Wildlife Recovery Association – Free, no registration required .
- 4:00 – 5:30 pm Tally Rally and Saturday evening Keynote Address
The Power of Birders & Media in Conservation – Tim Barksdale
Birding Michigan – Caleb Putnam
- 6:00 pm DINNER WITH THE BIRDERS (on your own)
- FULL 7:15 pm Bus field trip – Guided Birding of Tuttle Marsh
(Download a copy of Saturday’s schedule)
Sunday, May 16
Morning guided field trips
- FULL 7:00 am Birding at Tawas Point State Park – Caleb Putnam, leader
- 7:00 am Bus trip to Pine River Kirtland’s Warbler Management Area – Carl Racchini, leader
- 7:00 am Bus trip to Tuttle Marsh – led by Ed Cole & Larry VanWagoner
Morning activities at Tawas Point State Park
- 7:00 – 10:00 am Coffee and Doughnuts for sale by the Friends of Tawas Point
- 10:00 am Lighthouse opens for public tours – $2 charge payable at the door

















