Items of Interest
Image by Tim Tesar – Green Heron
Restoring Biodiversity at Home
March 20, 2015
Why Your Garden Matters with renowned author and sustainable gardening expert Doug Tallamy Pierce Cedar Creek Institute Saturday, April 18 11:30 am – 2 pm Tickets are $40. Includes Tapas Lunch, Program, and Book Signing. All proceeds will support the Institute’s Grow Native! Campaign. For more information or to register for the event, visit cedarcreekinstitute.org
Audubon Society of Kalamazoo’s Peregrine Falcons Web Site/ Web Cam is up for Viewing
March 10, 2015
The Audubon Society of Kalamazoo is pleased to announce that the www.KalamazooFalcons.org peregrine cam website is up and running! Thank you to the many people who helped to make this happen.
Snowy Owl Released Near Schoolcraft Part of Tracking Study of the Birds
February 19, 2015
For an updated report on Kalamazoo’s Snowy Owl named Prairie Ronde see MLive link below. http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2015/02/snowy_owl_released_near_school.html#incart_gallery
Michigan SNOWstorm Snowy Owls Update from Allen Chartier
February 16, 2015
After being in a cell tower “dead zone” for a few days (we’ve all been there), Alma, the Snowy Owl whose transmitter was funded by Alma College, has reconnected and the data has been downloaded to an updated map on the Project SNOWstorm website. He is still in the Chelsea area. Since my last update
Michigan’s First SNOWstorm Snowy Owl
February 3, 2015
Michigan’s First SNOWstorm Snowy Owl is named Alma. He was trapped in Grand Rapids near the airport and was fitted with a transmitter and released near Lansing. ASK’s own Brenda and Rich Keith were there to participate and for training. Michigan’s second transmitter, the Michigan Audubon-sponsored transmitter, will be deployed this weekend in the eastern
What to do with Household Hazardous Waste?
January 20, 2015
Kalamazoo County has a Hazadous Waste Collection Program. See below for what is accepted and for contact information on where and when this service is available. Paint Products Oil-based paints, stains and varnishes only Mineral spirits Paint thinner/stripper, turpentine Automotive Products Used motor oil and oil filters Antifreeze Batteries Brake fluid Gasoline Transmission fluid
Tracking Snowy Owls with Project SNOWstorm
December 20, 2014
Last winter, Snowy Owls moved south in numbers greater than they had in perhaps 50 years. A group of researchers in the northeastern U.S. saw an opportunity to study these birds better than they had been studied before, and quickly put together Project SNOWstorm (http://www.projectsnowstorm.org/). They raised funds to purchase satellite transmitters, which were attached
Kalamazoo’s Female Peregrine Falcon “Rebecca” still on Territory
November 13, 2014
ASK member Dave Chmielewski reports that on November 11, 2014 at 10:30 AM Rebecca was on her favorite Gilmore tower perch and seems in really good shape. We thank Dave for checking on “our” peregrines periodically and the great photos he is sharing.
Birders of All Skill Levels Needed
October 16, 2014
The laboratory at Vanderbilt University is looking for birders of all levels of experience to participate in a project examining how perception and memory for birds differs between beginners and experts. They really do mean all levels of experience, from the true beginner to the expert with decades of study and everything in-between. These experiments
Downtown Kalamazoo Peregrine Falcons Update
October 1, 2014
On a sad note, an MLive article by Rosemary Parker about the necropsy report on the young Peregrine Falcon found dead in August. http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/10/distracted_flying_after_fight.html#cmpid=nsltr_strybutton On a happy note, the parents are around and appear to be in great shape. This report and photos from Audubon Society of Kalamazoo member Dave Chmielewski from his visit to