Vol. 16 No. 1
In this issue...
Reflections from the President
GINLC Education Committee Report
2007 GI Conservationist of the Year Award
Doug Thiel Honored for Service
Conservancy Awarded Pond Restoration Grant
2007 Christmas Bird Count
Upcoming Events...
May 3
Nature Area Opening Day
10AM to 2PM
April 19
Island Clean Up
Call Jake Atkins
(734) 676-5536
for meeting site
April 19 & 26
Nature Area Clean Up
9:00AM to Noon
Nature Area
April 20
Earth Day
Centinnial Farm
1PM to 4PM
May 10
Arbor Day
Tree Planting Seminar
10AM to 11AM
Centennial Farm
Register - 675-2364
(Rec. Department)
No Fee
May 14
BASF Presentation
Riverview Project
Township Hall
8PM
2007 Christmas Bird Count
GINLC was pleased to open the Nature Area on Dec. 22, 2007 to be part of the 34th Rockwood Christmas Bird Count.
Jim Bull and Jim Koppin, from the Detroit Audubon Society, spent about two hours in the morning and later reported the following results:
Great Blue Heron 14
Ring-billed Gull 140
Swan species 23
Duck species 955
Bonaparte Gull 3
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Canada Goose 322
Mallard Duck 182
Herring Gull 5
Snow Bunting 45
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Bald Eagle 2
Bufflehead 20
Tundra Swan 29
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
American Robin 1The Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy will be listed as a sponsor in the NAS publication.
The Nature Area was also the location for the banding of raptors. Click here for more information.