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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> 2025 Great Backyard Bird Count<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We will be counting birds in a new habitat this year. The weekend of February 14-17, 2025 will be spent at River Hawk Lodge on Proud Lake inCommerce Township. We are required to count birds for fifteen minutes per day, but, even more than that we are required to have tons of fun during the weekend. This will include fabulous food, fantastic fellowship, frolicking in the flurries, and fishing furiously through the ice. We will also learn more about woodpeckers and owls, dissect owl pellets, make bird suet,eat like birds, and play the ever popular Birdbrain Jeopardy. If that is not enough to make you want to spend a winter weekend with us, there will be lots of time for fun and games inside and outside. Cost to attend is $20 per individual and $25 per families. This includes eight meals and three nights lodging. Please contact me, Donna Posont, with any questions or concerns at 313-220-8140 or <a href="mailto:dposont@umich.edu">dposont@umich.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Registration information is below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://forms.gle/cuy3btQ2wWbdryty9">https://forms.gle/cuy3btQ2wWbdryty9</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Donna Posont<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Interpretive Naturalist <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Coordinator:Birding by Ear and Beyond<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:dposont@umich.edu">dposont@umich.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>313-220-8140<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>