Program

2012 PROGRAM DETAILS ARE BEING FINALIZED.

REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN IN FEBRUARY.

Here’s a look back at the 2011 schedule:

Thursday, May 12

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

  • 7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Birding Charity Island – Boat Cruise
  • 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Beginning Birding Workshop – Held at the Bay Inn, Tawas City
  • 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Scenic River Byway Bus Tour
  • 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Tawas Point Lighthouse History & Tour

EVENING BIRDING TOUR

  • 7:00 p.m. Guided birding of Tuttle Marsh 

Friday, May 13

7:00 am

  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: the Point trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Lighthouse trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Campground trail
  • Guided bus trip to Pine River Kirtland’s Warbler Management Area – Paul Thompson, leader
  • Guided bus trip – Eagle Run, leader

9:30 am

  • Carpool Field Trip: AuSable River Guided Wildflower Walk – led by AuSable Valley Audubon

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 – 11:30 am

  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: the Point trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Lighthouse trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Campground trail

LUNCH – on your own

1:00 pm

  • Conference Welcome at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort

1:15 – 2:10 pm

  • Seminars at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort
  1. What the future holds for KW – Chris Mensing, USFWS Biologist
  2. Journaling – Harold Eyster, ABA Young Birder of the Year

2:25 – 3:20 pm

  • Seminars at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort (continued)
  1. Getting it Right with Warbler ID – Roger Eriksson
  2. Invasives – Carolyn Henne

Seminars at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort (continued)

3:35  – 4:30 pm

  1. Hawk ID for Beginners – Gerald Wykes
  2. Halos, Rainbows and Glories – Myles Willard (predicting weather)

4:45 – 5:30 pm Tally Rally

Banquet Dinner and Special Presenation at Wiltse’s Brew Pub in Oscoda

6:30 pm

Don & Lillian Stokes

The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America: You, the Birds, and Birding

Saturday, May 14

7:00 am

  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: the Point trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Lighthouse trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Campground trail
  • Guided bus trip to Pine River Kirtland’s Warbler Management Area – Paul Thompson, leader
  • Guided bus trip – Tuttle Marsh

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

10:00 am – 11:30 am

  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: the Point trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Lighthouse trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Campground trail

CARPOOL FIELD TRIPS

7:00 am

  • Carpool Field Trip: Guided birding of area grasslands – Led by Matt Hegwood

9:30 am

  • Carpool Field Trip: AuSable River Guided Wildflower Walk
  • Carpool Field Trip: Guided birding of Riverbank and Shoreline Parks, Oscoda – Led by Peggy Ridgway

LUNCH – on your own

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

  • Seminars at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort
  1. What the future holds for KW – Chris Mensing, USFWS Biologist
  2. Journaling – Harold Eyster, ABA Young Birder of the Year

2:15 -  3:15 pm

  • Seminars at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort (continued)
  1. Getting it Right with Warbler ID – Roger Eriksson
  2. Invasives – Carolyn Henne
  • Seminars at the Tawas Bay Beach Resort (continued)

3:30  – 4:30 pm

  1. Hawk ID for Beginners – Gerald Wykes
  2. Halos, Rainbows and Glories – Myles Willard (predicting weather)

AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES AT TAWAS POINT STATE PARK:

3:00 pm

  • LIVE BIRDS OF PREY – Presentation by Wildlife Recovery Association –  FREE, no registration required

4:30 – 6:00 pm

  • Tally Rally and Event Wrap-up

6:00 pm

  • Dinner with the birders (on your own)

7:15

  • Bus Field Trip – Guided birding of Tuttle Marsh

Sunday, May 16

7:00 am

  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: the Point trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Lighthouse trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Campground trail
  • Bus trip to Pine River Kirtland’s Warbler Management Area – Carl Racchini, leader

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

10:00 am – 11:30 am

  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: the Point trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Lighthouse trail
  • Guided Birding of Tawas Point State Park: Campground trail

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