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WAS Member Andy Johnson in Manitoba, Canada. Read All About It!

Follow 18-year old Andy Johnson's blog as he spends his summer in Churchill, Manitoba monitoring the Hudsonian Godwit population.  http://birdingetcetera.blogspot.com/

Congratulations to Washtenaw Audubon’s Young Birders!

Left to right above: Artemis Eyster, Andy Johnson, Harold Eyster, 5/30/10. Photo: M. Sefton

Congratulations to young Washtenaw Audubon members Harold Eyster, Andy Johnson, and Artemis Eyster!  Harold, 16, from Chelsea, was recently named the American Birding Association’s Young Birder of the Year, having won the Illustration, Writing, and Field Notebook modules of the competition, and placed second in the Photography module.  Harold’s sister, Artemis, 13, placed second in the Illustration module.  Harold and Artemis’s work can be viewed at www.aba.org/yby/win.html

Harold also presented a paper at the annual conference of the Wilson Ornithological Society in Geneva, NY, in May this year.  An abstract of Harold’s very interesting paper about the naming of MacGillivray’s Warbler can be found at www.wilsonsociety.org/wos2010/WOS2010Schedule&Abstracts.pdf  on page 23.  Harold will be attending the ABA’s Young Birder Camp Colorado in June.

Andy Johnson, 18, from Ann Arbor, along with Harold, was named to the American Birding Association’s youth birding team, the Tropicbirds, and competed in the Great Texas Birding Classic in April, raising money for the ABA’s education programs.  Andy, Harold, and their three team mates were assigned to the Upper Texas Coast part of the competition, and found 207 species of birds during the 24 hour contest!    Andy graduated from Pioneer High in Ann Arbor in June, and will be spending June and July in Churchill, Manitoba, on Hudson Bay, as part of a Cornell Lab of Ornithology sponsored team studying breeding Hudsonian Godwits.  Andy will be attending Cornell University as a freshman in September.

Finally, Andy and Harold teamed up for a half day birding competition at the Biggest Week in American Birding festival at Crane Creek/Magee Marsh in Ohio on May 9.  By tallying the largest number of species of any team, they won a birding trip to northwest Ecuador later this year!

Andy, Artemis, and Harold have been welcome participants at many Washtenaw Audubon field trips and other events over the past few years.  We extend hardiest congratulations to them and their families at the great success they’ve had in pursuing their birding interests, and will watch their future adventures with great anticipation!

  Mike Sefton

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Upcoming Washtenaw Audubon Events

Jul 31 2010
Butterfly Bonanza

Leaders: Roger Kuhlman, John Swales, and Roger Wykes 

Our three leaders have a terrific knack for finding a variety of butterflies, and you will be in for a treat if you are able to attend this event, which will take place at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Meet at 9:00 a.m. in front of the gift shop. The length of the outing will depend on conditions, but it will likely last most of the morning. People can drop off easily, however, as their schedules warrant. NOTE: This event was originally scheduled for 7/24, but was postponed due to storms.

Click on this map link to get the location of and directions to Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

Aug 14 2010
Migrating Shorebirds and Waders at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area

Leader: Jim Fowler

Pointe Mouillee, on Lake Erie near the mouth of the Huron River, is one of the premier destinations in the Midwest for viewing shorebirds and waders, but access is limited. Jim Fowler, who knows this territory like the back of his hand, has led numerous field trips to this location.

PLEASE NOTE: This trip will be limited to 20 participants. Priority will be given to members of Washtenaw Audubon and to people who did not get to go last year. Registered participants will meet at the Pointe Mouillee SGA parking lot on Sigler Road at 8:00 a.m., and from there will consolidate into four vehicles. Bring insect repellent, wear a hat, and dress for warm weather. There is no shade or shelter at Pointe Mouillee. Bring all the food and fluids you think you will need to sustain you for approximately five hours of birding.

If you are interested in going on this trip, please send your name, e-mail address, and phone number to fieldtrips@washtenawaudubon.org.

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