Beaver Island Birdiing Trail Update
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:36 pm
The Beaver Island Birding Trailâ??s (BIBT) dedication is moving forward and we hope that you have had the opportunity to view the website: http://beaverislandbirdingtrail.org/. The BIBT website stats for March show 18,000 hits, and in the first two weeks of April alone the site had over 15,000 hits. In addition, numerous articles have been written and various organizational web sites have been circulating very positive comments. The BIBT will also appear in the May issue of the Traverse Magazine. We hope this translates into more visitors who will become acquainted with the many wonderful facets of Beaver Island.
We would like to encourage islanders to attend the May 23rd evening dedication at the Community Center with guest speaker, Jon Allan, Director for the Office of Great Lakes. Local art work with a birding theme will also be on display. Another option to learn about this birding program is to accompany one of the professional field guides on a birding trip scheduled for Saturday, May 24th. Registration is needed for all the above events, and a registration form can be found on the BIBT website. Two of the field trips are sold out but other spots are still available. Because of the late spring, the warbler migration may be compressed, and those travelers from the jungle should be filling our tree tops.
Be watching for further progress this spring as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources places interpretive signage at birding hot spot site numbers 15, 20, 25, 32, and 32. Two additional interpretive signs made possible by the Charlevoix Community Foundation, the Beaver Island Association and Michigan Audubon will be placed on the Chimney Swift tower at the Government Center in early May. We hope that during your treks around the island, you will stop and enjoy the educational information which will deepen appreciation of islandâ??s natural resources.
We would like to encourage islanders to attend the May 23rd evening dedication at the Community Center with guest speaker, Jon Allan, Director for the Office of Great Lakes. Local art work with a birding theme will also be on display. Another option to learn about this birding program is to accompany one of the professional field guides on a birding trip scheduled for Saturday, May 24th. Registration is needed for all the above events, and a registration form can be found on the BIBT website. Two of the field trips are sold out but other spots are still available. Because of the late spring, the warbler migration may be compressed, and those travelers from the jungle should be filling our tree tops.
Be watching for further progress this spring as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources places interpretive signage at birding hot spot site numbers 15, 20, 25, 32, and 32. Two additional interpretive signs made possible by the Charlevoix Community Foundation, the Beaver Island Association and Michigan Audubon will be placed on the Chimney Swift tower at the Government Center in early May. We hope that during your treks around the island, you will stop and enjoy the educational information which will deepen appreciation of islandâ??s natural resources.