In searching for news about the birding world, as I often do, I came across this article that gives some information about how the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau is successfully bringing birders and birdwatchers to Jackson County, Michigan, where they spend their hard-earned dollars while watching birds. And it’s no wonder, with the nicely put together birdwatching portion of the Jackson County Visitor’s Bureau website.
It is always great to see an understanding of and appreciation for the economic impact we birders can have on an area. Go (to) Jackson County!
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
It’s a nice page. Too often civic attempts to attract birders have awkward language that indicates that the person who wrote the copy doesn’t really get what they’re trying to sell. This doesn’t have that at all. It looks like someone working in Jackson County, Michigan, is a real deal birder.
Yupp, cool county. Been there – done that, it is right next to Washtenaw County and thus Ann Arbor.
Jackson county is where I saw all of my Henslow’s Sparrows and an excellent birding area in general. Highly recommended, almost as much as Washtenaw County. 😉