If you missed NPR’s coverage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act on Joshua Johnson’s 1A program, you can listen to it here. https://the1a.org/shows/2018-03-13/put-a-bird-on-it
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By Russ Schipper While the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty was announced and celebrated in 2016, 100 years after it was first signed, the Treaty was only ratified by the US Senate in January 1918, making this the…
By Russ Schipper Neonicotinoid pesticides are very effective at killing insect pests. They are also very effective at harming or killing birds that eat the fruit, seeds, or insects that have fed on a “protected” plant. Some companies, such as…
Saturday, February 17, 10:00 AM, Come Join us for the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) at Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery, Leaders: Becky Csia and Jan Shillito (269-720-8063) Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery is located 200 yards south of M-43 on Fish…
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The public is invited to attend the Biology, Conservation and Management of Natural Features Miniconference scheduled for Dec. 6th, 2017 from 1:00-5:00 PM at the Parkview Campus of WMU (aka BTR Park near Asylum Lake). This miniconference promises to be…
ASK has its yearly membership renewal drive in August, just before our new season of activities starts in September. Since one bulk mailing is so much cheaper than mailing individual first class notices each month, all members except those who…
WINTER FINCH FORECAST 2017-2018 By Ron Pittaway, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Toronto, Ontario, 21 September 2017 GENERAL FORECAST: Cone crops in the Northeast are bumper in 2017. It is the best cone crop in a decade or more. This will be…
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