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Events in July 2024
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- Monthly Beginning Birding Walk
Monthly Beginning Birding Walk Monthly Beginning Birding Walk
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July 6, 2024Please join us the first Saturday of each month at 9 AM (barring special events or bad weather which will be announced on our Facebook page), for "Beginning Birding Walks," led by experienced birders from the Audubon Society of Kalamazoo. This event is free and open to the public. Meet at the second parking lot at Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery in Mattawan, just off SR 43. All skill levels are welcome.
We will enjoy nature while typically identifying 20-40 species of birds, plus butterflies, frogs, etc. Over 200 bird species have been sighted at Wolf Lake, which offers a variety of habitats and easy walking trails. Annual highlights include colorful songbirds like orioles, warblers, tanagers, hawks and eagles, kingfishers, Great Blue and Green Herons, and over 20 species of waterfowl. Eastern Bluebirds can be found year-round! Children accompanying adults are welcome. The focus is on birding fundamentals, and extra binoculars are always available. The walk typically takes about 2 hours (but feel free to arrive late or leave early).
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- Butterfly Walk at SWMLC's Chipman Preserve
Butterfly Walk at SWMLC's Chipman Preserve Butterfly Walk at SWMLC's Chipman Preserve
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July 21, 2024Butterfly enthusiast Ronda Spink will again lead this special summer trip, finding and identifying the many beautiful butterflies at the Chipman Preserve. Talus Rutgers will again co-lead. While butterflies will be the focus, we'll do some birding as well (naturally!). Ronda coordinates the Michigan Butterfly Network. We hope you'll join us!
The Chipman Preserve is located at 8395 E. Main St, Kalamazoo in Comstock Township near Galesburg. More information is here: https://swmlc.org/project/chipman-preserve/. GPS:
42.30341446166594, -85.46257876694905Driving directions
Chipman Preserve is in the 8000 block of East Main St.; 3 miles east of Sprinkle Rd. between 30th and 33rd Streets in Comstock Township (Galesburg mailing address), in Kalamazoo County. The preserve entrance is on the north side of the street.Chipman Preserve