Contacts

Please use the email address caaudubon@gmail.com to contact any of the board members and other functions listed on this page.

2020-2021 CAAS Officers

President — Kristy Taylor
Vice President — Julia Taylor
Secretary — Mike Moquin
Treasurer — Michael Caterino
Membership — Richard Yarsevich

2020–2021 CAAS Board of Directors

John Baumgartner
Michael Caterino
Sandra Conn
Mike Moquin
Julia Spalding
Kristy Taylor
Richard Yarsevich

Other Functions

Christmas Bird Count (Ingham & Eaton) — Barb Hosler
Publicity & Hospitality — Sandra Conn
Program Coordinator — Julia Spalding
Field Trip Coordinator — Mike Moquin
Historian — Open
Newsletter Editor — Kristy Taylor
Webmaster — Roger Wolf
Facebook — Kristy Taylor

Contact us at: caaudubon@gmail.com

April 1 – Love for Birds, Light and Composition with presenter Josh Haas

This program will feature Josh’s finest images as he shares how bird knowledge is vital to creating more pleasing and artistic photographs. Josh will also share some of his favorite stories in the field including unique experiences with birds out in nature. Additionally, he will share simple non-technical tips on bringing birds closer, how to get birds away from non-natural elements like feeders and ways to create artistry in images creating better photograph

Josh is a Michigan birder, photographer, President of Battle Creek Audubon and board Vice Chair for the Hawk Migration Association of North America. He has over 15 years of birding and photography experience.

Social time will take place from 7-7:10 followed by brief announcements and our speaker at 7:15 pm.

This meeting will be held on the Zoom platform. Please visit – https://zoom.us

or open your Zoom app and enter:

Meeting ID – 927 8022 5507

Password – CAAS2020

Detailed instructions can be found on zoom.us

Watch for updates in the CAAS Call Note.

Spring Bird Walks

This spring, we will hold our Saturday bird
walks each Saturday in May at Fenner
Nature Center. Walks will begin at 8 am
from the parking lot. Dress for the
weather and be aware that trails may
be muddy.

Monday Morning Migration Walks

Join us at a local birding locations
Mondays in May! Sites will include the
Harris Nature Center, Capital City Bird
Sanctuary, Sleepy Hollow State Park, and
Cooley Gardens and the Capital Lawn.
These walks will be lead by a CAAS
member and will be socially distanced.
Masks are required. More details will be
provided in April.

If you would like to lead a walk, or have
a place in mind for a spring walk, please
email us at caascallnote@gmail.com.

Fall Meeting Format Change

Meetings will be held online via Zoom this fall.
The first two months will be a bit of a trial, and if we have enough interest and people attending, we will continue after the first few months, but if they are poorly attended we will likely not hold any additional virtual meetings until we can meet in person.

CAAS Education Grants

Thanks to the support of our membership, Capital Area Audubon announces the availability of two separate $250 grants for nature education and programming related to the mission of CAAS. Following is a link to the grant application.

https://capitalareaaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Capital-Area-Audubon-Grant-Application-2020.pdf