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Presentation:
"Michigan Eagle
'Overview'"
Presentation: "Michigan
Eagle 'Overview'" -Using his
decades of experience "flying with the eagles," surveying their
nests by airplane, retired DNR wildlife biologist Jerry Weinrich
will take festival-goers soaring over Michigan, as he describes
this magnificent bird's comeback in northern Michigan. Jerry
puts you in the cockpit as he shows you his eagle-eye, wing-tip
views and slides of their nests, chicks and habitats.
Program presented by: Jerry Weinrich
Jerry Weinrich retired from the
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division after
a 31-year career. He worked with the Kirtland’s Warbler Recovery
program his entire career and has performed bald eagle surveys
for the past 30 years. His presentation will relate the story of
bald eagle management and research in Michigan from a historical
perspective. Special emphasis will be placed on Michigan’s Lower
Peninsula and aerial surveys. Weinrich earned a bachelor’s
degree from Lake Superior State University and a master’s from
Iowa State University.
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