Mackinac Island 4-H Club Students Make Bluebird House

At right: Members of the 4-H Club are (front, from left) Colton Fisher, Hailey Armstrong; (back) Leo Horn, Meadow Greenlee, Adrienne Rilenge, and Talon Greenlee. Not pictured are Paul Wandrie Jr. and Collin Armstrong. (Photograph by Jack Armstrong )

4-H Club volunteer Jack Armstrong worked with elementary students to construct and hang eight bird houses for bluebirds at Great Turtle Park.

"We researched to find the right height and the right distance between each house for bluebirds," said Mr. Armstrong.

The group will inspect the houses in the fall to see how well their project worked. Their next project will be houses for owls and other birds.

Working on the project are Hailey Armstrong, Collin Armstrong, Paul Wandrie Jr., Colton Fisher, Leo Horn, Meadow Greenlee, Adrienne Rilenge, and Talon Greenlee.

Kris Clark and Tim Leeper are leading another 4-H recreational activity, bicycling through the Island's many forest trails every Sunday afternoon.

Archery may be offered by fall, a project Island 4-H member Robin Dorman is setting up.

Mr. Dorman is raising funds to purchase equipment to allow people to participate in indoor archery in the multipurpose room at Mackinac Island Public School.