# Event Details - **Event Name**: March Program - Michigan Motus Array: Exciting Detections in Michigan - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 24 Mar, 2025 at 07:30 pm – Mon, 24 Mar, 2025 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: In 2017, Rich and Brenda Keith attended the annual meeting of Eastern Bird Banders in West Virginia. Stu MacKenzie from Bird Studies Canada spoke on the Motus Project that was launched in 2014. In Stu’s presentation he showed slides of Gray-cheeked Thrush banded in traditional and shade grown coffee plantations being detected at Motus stations going north, until they reached Michigan. Stu’s observation “we need Motus stations in Michigan” was taken as a command by Rich. The Michigan Motus Array presently has 20 stations with 8 more funded and going up in 2025 plus more in the works. Rich and Brenda will speak to their experiences and findings since joining the Motus Project. Longtime Audubon Society of Kalamazoo members Rich and Brenda Keith began working with the research program at the Kalamazoo Nature Center (KNC) as volunteers in the mid-1980s. Both were eventually hired by the KNC in the bird banding program. That program expanded to include the Keiths’ 43-acre property near Vicksburg, Michigan, now known as the Pitsfield Banding Station. That site as well as the KNC and Fort Custer Training Center are part of the Kalamazoo Valley Bird Observatory under Rich’s direction. In addition to banding birds, Rich and Brenda have also contributed to a variety of bird-related research projects, the Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas, winter feeder surveys, and Christmas Bird Counts. Both are certified hummingbird banders, a designation achieved by very few in Michigan. In 2018, they began work on the Motus Tower project across lower and upper Michigan. We hope you'll join us on Monday, March 24, at People's Church, 1758 North 10th Street, Kalamazoo. Come at 7:00 PM for some refreshments and socializing. Snacks and beverages will be provided. It's helpful if you bring your own coffee cup. The one-hour program will start at 7:30. Masks are recommended but not required in the church. Handicap parking and access is at either the front or the rear entrance. We will have a simultaneous Zoom link to the meeting for those who can’t make it or feel uncomfortable as yet to attend in person. This link will be available shortly before the meeting in the April newsletter that is emailed to you, on our event calendar and listed below. We will also be recording the meeting for later viewing. Zoom link - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89836394173 - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oshtemo/march-program-michigan-motus-array-exciting-detections-in-michigan/200027948180311 - **Event Categories**: workshops, calendar - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 13 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Oshtemo - **state**: MI - **country**: United States - **location**: People's Church - **lat**: 42.305318354229 - **long**: -85.665392875447 - **full address**: People's Church, EV Charging Station, 1758 10th St N, Kalamazoo, MI 49009, United States,Oshtemo, Michigan ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: March Program - Michigan Motus Array: Exciting Detections in Michigan - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/1cb261338eadbf483324e7fa9aca4e9110b8067cf02a2054c84770f2fb74d5c8-rimg-w1200-h675-dc8bb1df-gmir?v=1742643573 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is March Program - Michigan Motus Array: Exciting Detections in Michigan being held? - **A:** March Program - Michigan Motus Array: Exciting Detections in Michigan takes place on Mon, 24 Mar, 2025 at 07:30 pm to Mon, 24 Mar, 2025 at 08:30 pm at People's Church, EV Charging Station, 1758 10th St N, Kalamazoo, MI 49009, United States,Oshtemo, Michigan. - **Q**: Who is organizing March Program - Michigan Motus Array: Exciting Detections in Michigan? - **A:** March Program - Michigan Motus Array: Exciting Detections in Michigan is organized by Audubon Society of Kalamazoo. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** March Program - Michigan Motus Array: Exciting Detections in Michigan is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Oshtemo, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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