2010 FIELD TRIP SCHEDULE

 

May 15, 2010 (Sat) 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Join Dennis Dunlap for an Allegan Game Area search for Elfins,

Silvery Blues, Dusky Wings and others. Meet at the church parking

lot at the corner of M-89 and M-40 south of Hamilton at 1 P.M.

Call 616-772-5046 or e-mail dunlapmd@juno.com with questions.

 

June 19, 2010 (Sat) 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Chad Hughson’s Hidden Savanna Nursery and some natural

areas in the Kalamazoo area. Details of field trip site or sites are

still in development. We will leave Grand Rapids area about

9 AM and return about 4 PM.

Places being considered are the reconstructed prairie at the

Sand Creek Preserve and or TNC's Paw Paw Prairie Fen Preserve.

 

July 8 – 11, 2010 (Thurs – Sun) all day

Lepidopterists’ Society Meeting and field outings in Leavenworth

alpine town July 8-11. Nestled in the mountains on the east edge

of the Cascades we will find a rich and diverse variety of butterflies

we do not get to experience here in Michigan. The Washington

Butterfly Association and the Pacific Slope Section of the

Lepidopterists’ Society will co-host the event. The theme will be

“The Young Ones”. It refers to advances in the study of immature

Lepidoptera and promotion/celebration of a new generation of Lepidopterists.

Visit the Lepidopterists’ Society web page for details.

http://www.lepsoc.org/2010_meeting.php

 

Early September 2010 (Sat.) Specific Date and time to be determined

Monarch Tagging and release from John Ball Zoo in association with a zoo event.

 

 

2010 BUTTERFLY COUNT SCHEDULE

 

Shiawassee Nat’l Wildlife Refuge – Saginaw Co.

July 2, 2010 (Fri.) 9:30 AM

Leader: Steven Kahl

Meet at Shiawassee NWR East Entrance, Curtiss Rd.

6975 Mower Road

Saginaw, MI 48601-9783

Phone 989-777-5930 ext 16

 

Allegan Butterfly Count – Allegan Co.

July 3, 2010 (Sat) 9:00 AM

Leader: Ranger Steve (Mueller)

Meeting location for Allegan Count to Fennville Unit

Allegan State Game Area, 6013 118th Ave, Fennville

 

Rogue River Butterfly Count

July 5, 2010 (Mon)  9:00 AM

Leader: Ranger Steve (Mueller)

(Kent, Newaygo, Montcalm Counties)

Meet at Howard Christensen Nature Center

 

Newaygo County Butterfly Count

July 14, 2010 (Wed) 9:00 AM

Leader: Ranger Steve (Mueller)

Meeting location to be determined

 

 

Grand River Butterfly Count - Ottawa County

July 16, 2010 (Fri) 9:00 AM                      

Leaders: Chip Francke and Linda Koning

Meet at Grand River Park

 

Greater Muskegon Butterfly Count

July 17, 2010 (Sat) 9:00 A

Leaders: Dennis Dunlap and Ranger Steve (Mueller)

Meeting location for Muskegon Count to Mill Iron Road north

of Apple Avenue (M-46) at the second set of overhead power \

lines crossing the road.

 

Bryce Canyon Nat’l Park Butterfly Count

July 27, 2010 (Tues) 8:30 AM

Leader: Ranger Steve (Mueller)

(Garfield and Kane Counties, Utah)

odybrook@chartermi.net or

616-696-1753 for more details