Beaver Island Michigan

The 2018 response to the Beaver Island Birding Trail Memorial Weekend events has been brisk and we are adding vans to accommodate registered birders on field trips. The vast majority are first time visitors to Beaver Island and birders have registered from as far away as Texas. We would like to than...

May 25-27, 2018

The 5th annual Beaver Island Birding Festival, Warblers on the Water, will be held on May 25-27, 2017, on Beaver Island, in northern Lake Michigan. The island is a spring migratory song and shore bird mecca with over 200 species of birds recorded from the island. Registration is limited and birders are urged to register early through the Beaver Island Birding Trail website at http://www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org.

Transportation to the island is via ferry or air taxi. Lodging is available on the island, and transportation for the various field trips will be provided to registered participants. More information about transportation and lodging is available on the website.

Expert speakers, researchers, and field guides will lead workshops and field trips to some of the islandâ??s 30+ birding sites. Whether you are a novice or expert birder there will be something for you during this Memorial Weekend event.

Featured speakers include Bill Parsons, wildlife biologist with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa, who will present, â??Bald Eagle Research in the Beaver Island Archipelago.â?￾ Andrea and Terry Grabill will lead us on better birding techniques, Dr. Beth Leuck will share information on the Piping Plover recovery efforts in the Great Lakes with emphasis on the archipelago, and Dr. Nancy Seefelt, a biology professor at Central Michigan University, will present "Nesting Waterbirds in the Beaver Archipelago." Great field trips around Beaver Island are scheduled, including one lead by Dr. Ed Leuck and Elliot Nelson called Birding and Botanizing at French Bay. In addition, a featured field trip to Garden Island is scheduled. We are also pleased to announce that the Emmy Award-winning film, Green Fire: Also Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time, will be available for viewing during the weekend.

For more specific information about Warblers on the Water visit

http://www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org/warblers.html

Information about transportation to and accommodations on Beaver Island can be found at

http://www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org ... tions.html

For information about the island visit the Chamber of Commerceâ??s web site at

http://beaverisland.org.

Kick off Memorial Day Weekend and summer with a birding trip to one of Michiganâ??s most scenic and pristine locations-- Beaver Island-- where there are â??no crowds, no traffic; just good birding.â?￾

Here is the link to our latest newsletter.

http://www.beaverislandassociation.org/ ... r-archive/

The 2017 Warblers on the Water (WOW) marked its fourth year promoting birding using Beaver Island's diverse habitats. Over the last Memorial Day weekend, presentations offered fascinating glimpses of bird behavior or exotic birding trips to places such as Antarctica and Peru. Our boat trips are a br...

Good article about the Islands Summit held on Beaver Island

https://goo.gl/XSfqed

The following invasive shoreline plant survey was conducted in July of 2017. Funding was obtained by The Nature Conservancy and the Michigan Dune Alliance. A link to that report can be found at: https://goo.gl/Jyb74p Yes, we still have 16 small areas of invasive Phragmites present on the Beaver Isla...

Annual Beach Clean-UP

This Saturday 9 am till noon. Take your beach
collections to the Transfer Station
and then come on down to the BIC Center for a
hot dog.

Organized by the Beaver Island Association

Itâ??s your island help keep it clean

..and it is open to the public, you do not need to be a member to attend. We will be discussing the work being done on establishing a better and more reliable internet service.

Refreshments will be served too.

Just a reminder, please join us for this event.

The Beaver Island Association Supporting Environmental and Economic Sustainability 2017 Annual Meeting Monday, July 10, 2017 4:00-5:30 p.m. at the Community Center Agenda â?¢ 2016-17 activity overview â?¢ Election of directors & financial report â?¢ Island Fellow initiative â?¢ Great Lakes Islan...

Beaver Island remains under an Emerald Ash Borer quarantine along with Isle Royale and Charity Island. "Don't Move Firewood" signage is at all points of entry and under the watchful eye of the Beaver Island Boat Company and the island airlines. The biggest threat to the introduction of EAB...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service contacted Beaver Island with a request to be on the look out for a rusty-patched bumble bee which is listed as an endangered species. It was last seen in Michigan in 2006. Where the species remains elsewhere is often in natural areas within an urban/suburban settings...

We hope you join us during the Memorial Day birding festivities for free presentations at the Community Center. Bring a friend and hear from our globe trotting birding friends share their exciting experiences birding, learn about the oldest ongoing raptor monitoring project related to Ospreys and Ba...

May 26-28, 2017
The 4th annual Beaver Island Birding Festival, Warblers on the Water, will be held on May 26-28, 2017, on Beaver Island, in northern Lake Michigan. The island is a spring migratory song and shore bird mecca with over 200 species of birds recorded from the island. Registration is limited and birders are urged to register early through the Beaver Island Birding Trail website at http://www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org.


Transportation to the island is via ferry or air taxi. Lodging is available on the island, and transportation for the various field trips will be provided to registered participants. More information about transportation and lodging is available on the website.


Expert speakers, researchers, and field guides will lead workshops and field trips to some of the islandâ??s 30+ birding sites. Whether you are a novice or expert birder there will be something for you during this Memorial Weekend event.


Featured speakers include Jerry Weinrich, retired wildlife biologist with the Michigan DNR, who will present, â??Michigan Eagles and Ospreys, A Birdâ??s Eye View,â?￾ Brian Allen, author, researcher, and conservationist, who will present â??Birding Peru, Penguins to Piping Guans,â?￾ and Darrell Lawson, President of the Petoskey Regional Audubon Society, who will offer â??Birding 101,â?￾ a popular program with advice on all aspects of birding. Field trips include a demonstration of mist netting by Dr. Nancy Seefelt, a biology professor at Central Michigan University, and two evening trips to spot owls and other nocturnal animals.


For more specific information about Warblers on the Water visit http://www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org/warblers.html. Information about transportation to and accommodations on Beaver Island can be found at http://www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org ... tions.html, and for information about the island visit the Chamber of Commerceâ??s web site at http://beaverisland.org.