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• Wingspan II

  • When
    Tuesday, December 10, 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Dahlem Center

  Join us for the Second Annual JAS Wingspan Winter Games!

  Come out of the snow and cold and join JAS members for a few rounds of the wonderful birding game Wingspan.  This award-winning game from creator Elizabeth Hargrave is a great way to spend a winter morning with fellow birders.  Wingspan is a medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game.  I'm not a gamer but I think that means it's complicated-- but it is quite fun and very interesting.  It really challenges you to think in several dimensions at once while playing.

  
  (Wingspan)

  This event will be at The Dahlem Center at 9 AM.  7117 South Jackson Rd.  We will be using the meeting room.  Bring some snacks and warm drinks.  For more information, reply to the announcement email or email jacksonaudubon@gmail.com

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  Weather cancellation Policy:
  JAS programs and activities will be cancelled if Jackson Schools close.

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• 2024 Waterloo Rec Area Christmas Bird Count

  • When
    Saturday, December 14, 2024
  • Location
    Jackson County

  
  Join area birders and participate in this national event to count birds in YOUR community.  This will be the 56^th consecutive count of the Waterloo Recreation area in Jackson & Washtenaw counties. 

  Participants will meet at 6:30 PM to review results of the day (registration required).

  See the JAS CBC page for details and map.
  

  If you have any questions or would like to participate, contact Don Henise at

  517-416-4188 or
   kiskadee3@att.net

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• Winter Woodies & Member Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, January 14, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Ella Sharp Museum 3225 S Fourth St., Jackson, MI

  Winter Woodies:  A Focus on the Thirteen Conifers of Michigan

  In northern temperate and boreal climates conifers thrive in low nutrient settings and demonstrate various strategies to tolerate freezing winter temperatures.   We’ll explore coniferous adaptations to cold with a special focus on those native to Michigan.  For each species we’ll review the effects of major insects and fungi.  Finally, we consider how diseases and climate change may affect the role and placement of conifers in their native ecosystems.

  

  Robert is currently the President of the Michigan Botanical Society and has worked the past two seasons in the Huron Manistee National Forest for the Michigan Natural Features Inventory.  He holds a degree from the University of Michigan in Natural History Interpretation with a focus on Forest Ecology.

  NOTE:  This is change in topic from initial publication of event.

  Meetings will begin with a social time at 6:30 PM then the member meeting followed by the program starting at 7:00 PM.

  Bring recyclables (magazines, feeders, etc.) to the program.

  Weather cancellation Policy:  JAS programs and activities will be cancelled if Jackson Schools close.

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• Whitehouse Nature Center & Member Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, February 11, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Ella Sharp Museum 3225 S Fourth St., Jackson, MI

  Monica Day, director of the Whitehouse Nature Center at Albion College, will talk about the centers key features including the arboretum, restored prairie, Kalamazoo River, Anishinaabe, and the wren survey they have been doing for years.  Come and learn about this natural gem right in our backyard.

  Meetings will begin with a social time at 6:30 PM then the member meeting followed by the program starting at 7:00 PM.

  Bring recyclables (magazines, feeders, etc.) to the program.

  Weather cancellation Policy:  JAS programs and activities will be cancelled if Jackson Schools close.

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• The Secret Lives of Bluebirds: Thinking Inside the Box & Member Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Ella Sharp Museum 3225 S Fourth St., Jackson, MI

  Lynn Ward,  Jackson County Bluebird Coordinator for the Michigan Bluebird Society, will present “The Secret Lives of Bluebirds: Thinking Inside the Box.”  This  documentary highlights the life cycle of the Eastern Bluebird.  This is a film from inside the bluebird box that reveals how they live their lives-finding mates, building nests, laying and hatching eggs, along with raising their young.

  Meetings will begin with a social time at 6:30 PM then the member meeting followed by the program starting at 7:00 PM.

  Bring recyclables (magazines, feeders, etc.) to the program.

  Weather cancellation Policy:  JAS programs and activities will be cancelled if Jackson Schools close.

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• Wild Bird Feeding Tips and Tricks & Member Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, April 08, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Ella Sharp Museum 3225 S Fourth St., Jackson, MI

  Martha Holzheuer, owner of Natures Niche, a nature-focused gift and supply store on the north side of Midland. She will present “Wild Bird Feeding Tips and Tricks” She will discuss feeding wild birds responsibly and offer some tips and tricks for dealing with common problems such as European starlings, House sparrows, squirrels, raccoons, and Michigan weather.

  Meetings will begin with a social time at 6:30 PM then the member meeting followed by the program starting at 7:00 PM.

  Bring recyclables (magazines, feeders, etc.) to the program.

  Weather cancellation Policy:  JAS programs and activities will be cancelled if Jackson Schools close.

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