Description
The bog that is the destination for out trip occurred as a result of glaciation. Due to the bog’s nutrient-poor systems, it provides an opportunity to view carnivorous plant species such as pitcher plants, sundews, and bladderworts (which eat insects for their nitrogen). Common bog shrubs include leatherleaf, bog laurel, bog rosemary, cranberries, and Labrador tea. The habitat attracts a distinct variety of birds. This is a unique site on private land that generally is not available for public access.
Board transportation for this trip at the BIC Center. You’ll return there at the conclusion just in time for lunch. Options include the Concession Stand at the BIC Center, the Harbour Bodega and the Shamrock (both nearby) or Dalwhinnie’s Deli (about a 20-minute walk towards the Whiskey Point Lighthouse).
Board transportation for this trip at the BIC Center. You’ll return there at the conclusion just in time for lunch. Options include the Concession Stand at the BIC Center, the Harbour Bodega and the Shamrock (both nearby) or Dalwhinnie’s Deli (about a 20-minute walk towards the Whiskey Point Lighthouse).
Please note our cancellation policy: Cancellations made by 5:00 p.m. on April 15, 2023 will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be made for cancellations after that time.
Ed Leuck, your botany expert for this trip, is a retired Professor Emeritus of biology at Centenary College of Louisiana where he taught ecology, conservation biology and microbiology and developed the campus arboretum. He has been coming to the Island since 1985 and has taught at the Central Michigan University Biological Station. He is the senior author of Plants of Beaver Island, Part I: Bogs and Fens and Part II: Lake Michigan Beaches and Sand Dunes and spends summers at his house on Sand Bay while continuing to investigate the island flora and participating in island conservation efforts.
Brian Allan is the birding expert on the team for this trip. He is a recently retired Optometrist living in Manistee. He has been birding for fifty-three years and was fortunate to both be on the crest of the new field birding in the 1970's and the now technical/digital media birding revolution of the 2020's. He is a former member of the Michigan Bird Records Committee, one of the editors of the ABA Birder's Guide to Michigan, the current eBird reviewer for North West Michigan, and bird trip leader for several conservation organizations in Michigan. He enjoys birding in the tropics and has recently returned from birding trips to Brazil and Ecuador. His favorite activity is getting anyone of any age interested in birding by getting them on their "spark" bird.
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