Category: Wildlife

Goldfinch

I’ll Pick Berries for Food

I was challenged to come up with enough black raspberries for some cobbler, but the heat drove me out with only about half of the requisite amount of one quart.  On the way, however, I found enough red raspberries to liven up my breakfast cereal.

Wild Red Raspberries

Wild Red Raspberries

One thing’s for sure, a berry picker must be prepared to do battle with the elements.  In this case, it also encompasses mosquitoes and biting deer flies.  Some deet repellent, long pants, and a headnet did the trick.

Full Gear

Full Gear

 

One more trip should do it.

General, Wildlife , ,

NSSF Expands West with Hunting Works for America

The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms industry, is excited to announce that the Hunting Works For America program has grown yet again and now includes a state chapter in Utah. Hunting Works For Utah joins Arizona, Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa, Missouri and Pennsylvania, which launched just last month, as the seventh state to be included in the award-winning Hunting Works For America program. Read more

Ammunition, Animal Rights, Firearms, General, Gun Control, Hunting, Self Defense, Wildlife

Gypsy moth caterpillars making life challenging for Michigan residents

Michigan residents in northern parts of the state are noticing loss of leaves on oak, aspen and maple trees. The prime culprit contributing to this defoliation is the gypsy moth. Department of Natural Resources forest health officials report that, while the most obvious defoliation is currently heaviest in Crawford, Oscoda, Otsego and Montmorency counties, it is likely that gypsy moth caterpillars are causing similar problems on a local scale in other areas of the Lower Peninsula. Read more

Wildlife

Osprey in southern Michigan will wear backpacks this season

Once nearly absent from much of Michigan due to the effects of DDT and other pesticide use, Michigan’s osprey population continues to rebound. In southern Michigan, monitoring efforts track the revitalization of this species.
“We are very excited to have the opportunity to place GPS tracking units on several osprey this year,” said Julie Oakes, DNR wildlife biologist. “This will provide the DNR with information on what migration routes the birds take, and also give us insight into what perils they must endure on their migration.” Read more

Wildlife

Antis in Michigan Pushing Second Referendum on Wolves

On July 2nd, animal rights groups launched a petition drive to stop the state from controlling the growing wolf population.  If enough signatures are gathered, Michigan voters will decide on November 4, 2014, whether to overturn Senate Bill 288, which granted authority to designate game species to the state Natural Resources Commission.  The anti-hunting coalition, called Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, is backed by the nation’s most powerful animal rights organization, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife
1 … 284 285 286 287 288 … 359