Presented by: Doug Locke

Doug will share photos and stories of his recent trip to Madagascar, an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. This isolated island about twice the size of Arizona, the fourth-largest island in the world, has some of the highest biodiversity on the planet.

Of roughly 200,000 known species found on Madagascar, about 150,000 are endemic—meaning they exist nowhere else. Unique to the island are more than 50 types of lemurs, 99 percent of its frog species, and 36 genera of birds. Madgascar houses 100 percent of the world's lemurs, half of its chameleon species, 6 percent of its frogs, and none of its toads. Some species found in Madagascar have their closest relatives not in Africa but in the South Pacific and South America.

Join us for this photographic tour of a unique island and its fascinating wildlife and culture as seen through the lens of the talented Douglas Locke - Nature Photographer.

Elusive animals seldom seen in the wild can now be captured on film using unmanned cameras triggered by motion sensors. Wildlife biologists, hunters and naturalists are collecting a wealth of new information about wildlife using these trail cameras. In this program, Gordon Lonie will share the fun he has had camera trapping, and show his trail camera pictures of beavers, red foxes and white-tail deer.

Join us for this entertaining presentation - a Gordon Lonie wildlife adventure!!

Spend a year at Whitefish Point with Michael Kielb, who has devoted much time to this far north bit of Michigan, on the shores of Lake Superior, watching migration as the seasons change. Michael teaches biology at Eastern Michigan University, and is a board member of Whitefish Point Bird Observatory.

** Please join us at 7:00 pm, prior to the evening presentation,
** for a special booksigning engagement with Bill Rapai.

The story of the Kirtland’s Warbler is unquestionably dramatic as it came close to extinction as recently as 25 years ago. But the people who preserved the Kirtland’s Warbler are every bit as compelling. In “The Kirtland’s Warbler: An Extraordinary Bird, Extraordinary People,” William Rapai tells the story of how a physician, a dentist, a business executive, an anatomy instructor, a penguin biologist and a notorious murderer all played important roles in preventing the warbler from going extinct.

William Rapai is president of Grosse Pointe Audubon Society and has traveled across North America and to Cuba, Iceland, and Thailand to view and research birds. He was an award-winning reporter and editor for the Grand Forks Herald, the Detroit Free Press, and the Boston Globe. This is his first book.

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Return with us to those nostalgic days of yesteryear as we enjoy Macomb Audubon Society's 8'th Annual Fall Bonfire, starting at 7:30 p.m. Dress for the weather, grab your lawn chair, roasting forks and hot dogs/buns, s'mores fixins', singing voice, guitar or harmonica and your favorite ghosty stories as we forget the daily grind and get lost in the magic of the fire circle. Hot dog fixins' and our usual assortment of beverages and pot luck desserts will be available for all to partake.

In case of rain, we will retire to the Nature Center and put a fire in the fireplace. Bring a Friend! Bring a Friend!

Entrance fee to Metro Beach Metropark: Daily $5, Annual $25, Senior Citizen Annual $15.

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Please join us for our famous and traditional Macomb Audubon Society Christmas Pot Luck Supper to which we all bring our specialty dishes to share and enjoy. Please bring your table service and a beverage. Coffee and tea will be provided. After our feast we will relax while viewing up to 25 of your best nature slides.

After passing through the Metro Beach Metropark entrance gate, take the first driveway to your right (before you enter the big parking lot). This driveway will take you to the back of the Nature Center Building where you can park and enter through the back door of the Nature Center.

Entrance fee to Metro Beach Metropark: Daily $5, Annual $25, Senior Citizen Annual $15.