Items of Interest
Image by Tim Tesar – Green Heron
June 26, 2014 Kalamazoo’s Peregrine Falcons Update
June 27, 2014
We have flight! Rebecca is giving flying lessons to the chicks. Yesterday and this morning two of the three chicks were flying. One chick is strong enough to fly around the 5th/3rd bank and back to the Gilmore tower roost. The male is still there but not as interactive as Rebecca. Rebecca brings the chicks
June 24, 2014 Update of Kalamazoo’s Peregrine Falcon Family
June 24, 2014
Read the latest news of Kalamazoo’s Peregrine Falcons.
June 22, 2014 Update on Kalamazoo’s Peregrine Falcons
June 22, 2014
This report and photo from Audubon Society of Kalamazoo member Dave Chmielewski about his observations on June 22, 2014. This morning I was able to verify (from one vantage point) 2 adult and 3 juvenile Peregrines. The male was perched on the metal rail one floor down from the roof on the SW corner of
Kalamazoo’s Peregrine Falcons Nest Successfully
June 21, 2014
For stories on Kalamazoo’s Peregrine Falcons nesting and hatching young see the links: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/06/kalamazoos_peregrine_falcons_h.html http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/06/kalamazoos_peregrine_falcon_ch.html#cmpid=nwsltrhead Below a couple of reports from observers of the first fledgings on June 20th: 1. Bill Heyd: Carolyn and I visited the Kazoo peregrines this morning, and one young was already on the floor of the sixth level upon our
Michigan Purple Martin Group to Form Soon
April 29, 2014
Purple Martin landlords in Michigan are in the beginning stages of forming a state-wide organization dedicated to the welfare and management of this native swallow with very specialized needs. Anyone interested in becoming involved in the founding of this new group should contact Jackson Audubon President and Purple Martin landlord Connie Spotts at 517-529-9031 (bflylady27@netzero.net)
Lessons from the Passenger Pigeon
April 4, 2014
By Penny Briscoe The passenger pigeon officially became extinct on September 1, 1914. A lonely pigeon named Martha at the Cincinnati Zoo died on that day and was the last of her kind. She now stands mounted in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C., a symbol for humankind that it is possible for
Take a rare look at ducks that have moved inland as Great Lakes froze
March 14, 2014
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/03/take_a_rare_look_at_ducks_that.html Photos in the article by Audubon Society of Kalamazoo members Kent Martin and Timon Tesar.
NEWSCHANNEL 3 Report on Downtown Kalamazoo Peregrine Falcons
March 13, 2014
View the NEWSCHANNEL 3 report on the latest of the downtown Kalamazoo Peregrine Falcons. http://www.wwmt.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wwmt_rare-peregrine-falcons-nesting-kalamazoo-highrise-19080.shtml#.UyGB9V6ppIu
The Michigan Nature Association creates breeding habitat for Neo-tropical birds at Dowagiac Woods
March 7, 2014
Andy Bacon, the Stewardship Coordinator for MNA spoke to the Kalamazoo Area Wild Ones on Wednesday, February 26 to talk about MNA’s Conservation Priorities for Southwest Michigan. One of MNA’s largest projects is at Dowagiac Woods which has been enlarged to the north. Some of the new property contains farm fields which are now being
Snowy Owls in the Kalamazoo Area
December 11, 2013
Snowy Owls live in the treeless tundra of the Arctic. This winter they are turning up in seemingly unprecedented numbers in Michigan, the Great Lakes region and the East. This movement is driven because their food supply in the Arctic is very low and when they can’t find enough food they are forced to move