AuSable Valley Audubon, a chapter of Michigan Audubon, will host a new spring birding event in Iosco County on May 17-19. Home to Important Bird Areas of Tawas Point and the AuSable River, this area is a birder’s mecca in the spring. A typical spring weekend species count can reach 175.

A birding adventure from AuSable Valley Audubon: the 13th Spring Birding event at Tawas Point in Iosco County Michigan.

Tawas Point on the shore of Lake Huron is a natural birding hot spot in the Spring as migrating birds follow the shoreline to their summer nesting habitats.  Songbirds, shore birds and raptors all may be seen at this location and throughout Iosco County at forest, wetland and lake sites during May.