Regular meetings of the Erie Shores Birding Association are held at 7:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month September through May, except December. We meet in room 201 of the Life Science Building at the Monroe County Community College, 1555 S. Raisinville Road, Monroe, Michigan 48161. The month of December is reserved for our participation in the National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count.

Our monthly meetings include programs on subjects such as bird banding, hawk migration, bird songs, butterflies, plants, amphibians, endangered species, environmental concerns, habitat restoration, and birding in places like Costa Rica, Africa and Australia.

Refreshments are served after each meeting. We also offer mixed bird seed and black-oil sunflower seed for sale during the winter.

Meeting Schedule

The following are meeting dates and guest speakers from September 2007 through May 2008. There is no meeting in December because of the Christmas Bird Count.

September 19, 2007: Richard Wolinski, Michigan Bird Conservation Initiative

October 17, 2007: Carol Akerlof, Bird Center of Washtenaw County

November 14 (not 21), 2007: Paul Cypher, Southeast Michigan Raptor Research

January 16, 2008: Kevin Arnold, Oakwoods Metropark

February 20, 2008: Jery Jourdan, Digiscoping

March 19, 2008: Thomas Benner, Toledo Zoo

April 16, 2008: Dr. Grinowski, Wildlife Veterinarian

May 21, 2008: Jack Volker, Kenya, Africa

June 18, 2008: Annual Picnic