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Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Carol Akerlof for receiving the 2012 National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Lifetime Achievement Award!
Carol received the award for her more than 20 years dedicated to songbird rehabilitation and sharing her knowledge and experience
to teach and mentor others. She demonstrates a desire and passion to continue learning as much as possible to be an excellent
rehabilitator and a resource for colleagues in our field, especially pertaining to songbirds.
Visit the NWRA Awards page for more information.
Fly Away II Benefit and Auction
Our Fly Away II Benefit and Auction took place on Saturday, April 28, at Weber's Inn in Ann Arbor. It was a wonderful
evening dedicated to supporting the Bird Center of Washtenaw County. Proceeds will be very much appreciated during
our upcoming 9th season of helping wild birds. Thank you to all who attended!
If you were unable to attend, you can still provide support by making a tax deductible donation.
Earth Day Festival
The Bird Center was excited to join the Ann Arbor Area 42nd Annual Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 22.
This free, family-friendly event featured live music, entertainment, hand-on activities, and live animal demonstrations.
The festival included over 50 local environmental non-profit and governmental organizations sharing their missions as
well as providing kid-friendly activities for visitors.
View photos of the Bird Center booth.
Visit the festival web site for more information.
Earth Day Festival.
Learn more about Leslie Science & Nature Center at their
web site.
Summers-Knoll Art Project
Carol Akerlof, Director of the Bird Center, spoke to a group of art students at
Summers-Knoll School in Ann Arbor as they prepared
for a bird-related art project. Carol brought a pigeon named Cloud in for the students to study and draw in preparation for making
their birds. Cloud is a calm, 13-year-old pigeon (equivalent to 130 years in human terms!) who patiently modeled for the children as
Carol passed on information she has gleaned over the years rescuing wild birds.
View photos of the finished bird art projects and drawings the children made of Cloud.
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Your Internet searches and online shopping can help the Bird Center!
We recently signed up with GoodSearch.com and
GoodShop.com.
At these sites your internet searches or online shopping will benefit the Bird Center at no additional cost to you.
If Yahoo! is your favorite search engine, you'll like GoodSearch. It's powered by Yahoo. Shopping with GoodShop
is fast and easy. Click the icon to get started. You'll have the added benefit of providing additional funds to help
save birds!
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Your grocery shopping can also help the Bird Center!
The Bird Center of Washtenaw County is excited to be participating in
the Kroger Community Rewards Program. Register your Kroger Plus card online with a Kroger Rewards Account and
designate the Bird Center as your charity of choice. We will automatically receive a donation from Kroger every
time you use your card. You can register the Bird Center by name or by the NPO number that Kroger has assigned to us — 90972.
Click here for detailed instructions (PDF).
The Bird Center is closed from September to early May.
If you find an injured or sick bird, please call (734) 761-9640 and listen to the recording for additional information.
If outside the Ann Arbor area, please contact a local rehabilitator.
Keep any birds you have found warm and dry. Do not give them food or water except under the advice of a rehabilitator or veterinarian. For a list of wildlife rehabilitators in the state of Michigan, please go to http://www.michigan.gov/dnr.
Visit our help a wild bird page for additional tips on what to do.
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