This past weekend we held our first Birding event, as well as, our first Paddle trip of the summer. We were delighted to have Dea Armtrong, Ann Arbor Ornithologist, at both of the events. Dea was able to offer insight through her expertise of the birds along the Huron River during the Birding event and the Paddle trip. Thanks to all of our participants in both events, Dea, and Huron River guides Ron Sell and Barry Lonik.
Friday, the Birding participants met at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor. Dea led our walk throughout the park and guided participants to look and listen for local migratory birds. The range of Birding experience among participants varied from first timers, to seasoned veterans. Nearly forty birders used their eyes and ears to spot a variety of different birds. We are hosting another Birding event, June 8th - 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, MI. By June, most of the migrant birds have moved on and those that are breeding are quite busy with feeding young. This activity is at its peak in the earlier morning hours, so we’ll hope to have a chance to see bird parenting in action.
Saturday, we traveled to Proud Lake State Recreation Area in Commerce Township, MI to meet at our put-in for the paddle trip. Our trip was led by Huron River guides Ron Sell and Barry Lonik. Dea came along with us as well, and helped point out the birds we would see during our trip down the Huron. About halfway through our trip we stopped at Heavner Canoe Rental for lunch. This gave us an opportunity to get better acquainted with each other, and participate in an impromptu Q & A session on river topics. After lunch we continued down river to our take-out at Milford Central Park in Milford, MI. Overall, the trip went very well and we had a lot of fun on the Huron. If you missed out on this paddle trip, you still have four more opportunities to explore the Huron River with HRWC this summer. A listing of all paddle trips is located on our Summer Events page through the link below.
Visit our Facebook Birding photo album HERE.
Visit our Facebook Paddle trip photo album HERE.
Visit our Summer Events page for information on all events HERE.
