When filming Sandhill Cranes near Jackson, Michigan, I watched and filmed as songbirds streamed into the marsh at dusk for well over half an hour. Hundreds of thousands of birds flowed into the safe confines of this vast marsh in … Continue reading
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Story by Kathy Bricker If you visit southern Michigan these days, you may see hawks along the highway as they begin to head our direction. About 99% are large stocky birds identified as red-tailed hawks. In just a few weeks, even with snow … Continue reading
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It’s no exaggeration to say there are several lakes across Northern Michigan in a death spiral to losing their loons, and more tragic, their status as a loon breeding territory. Anyone wishing to help stop this unnecessary loss can get … Continue reading
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Written by Kathy Bricker Few people realize that Michigan’s very shape counts among the treasures of Emmet and Cheboygan Counties. The mitten land mass, bordered by Lakes Michigan and Huron, serves as a funnel to concentrate birds heading north to … Continue reading
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If you’re a loon, landing on a frozen lake is the last mistake you’ll likely ever make. To escape what, at this point, can only be considered certain doom, you must get to open water. And, because loons are relatively … Continue reading
This fall, the Lake 15 loon in these photos got more than the meal he bargained for when this bit of tackle became lodged in his bill. The chick dragged this array around for several days while we prepared for … Continue reading
Gene Klco, having installed a nesting raft three years ago and sticking with his effort (with some encouraging from me), saw the first hatching of a loon chick on Lark’s Lake, well, in anyone’s memory. His father, who reported for … Continue reading
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Here’s the 5th installment of letters & loon art from Ms. Lava-Kellar’s 5th Grade class. I also want to let everyone know that “The Worst Meal” some of the students mention in their letters is temporarily unviewable. This video was … Continue reading
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Here’s Part 3 of Letters and Loon Art sent to me by the Estabrook fifth-grade students from Ms. Lava-Kellar’s class. Click on each image to see it in large view.
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Here’s the second of five parts of letters and loon artwork from the students at Estabrook Elementary School in Ypsilanti. See the first post in this series for more information on this subject. Please click on each entry to see … Continue reading
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