Category: Wildlife

Goldfinch

Leica Sport Optics Supports Young Birder Programs, Camps and Events

 

Western Tanager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A very cooperative male Western Tanager was a big hit among youth attending Camp Colorado.

Leica Sport Optics takes seriously its role in supporting and encouraging youth involvement in nation-wide birding programs established and sponsored by such organizations as Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT) and the American Birding Association (ABA).  In fact, Leica Sport Optics reps will be especially busy this summer and fall playing an active, hands-on roll in a number of youth camps, contests and events. The ABA has recognized Leica’s dedication to its youth initiatives by awarding it with the coveted distinction as Legacy Sponsor of ABA’s Young Birder program. Read more

Wildlife

Eastern Milk Snake Encounter

By Glen Wunderlich

In Michigan, we tend not to concern ourselves with snakes when we spend time outdoors.  Other than our only poisonous snake, the Massasauga rattlesnake, we really don’t have reason to be fearful.  But, when my wife showed me a photo of one of the slithering creatures she had taken minutes before in our yard, I became unglued.  It appeared to be a rattler.

Eastern Milk Snake

She explained that one of our cats had noticed something from inside the house and the next thing she knew, the cat was outdoors in attack mode.  Although it wasn’t clear initially what the cat had spotted, a commotion erupted between the cat and the unwitting visitor.  When I saw the photo on the camera’s screen, and was told that it rattled, off we went to investigate.

My first reaction was to be careful no matter what it was.  The size and shape of the head didn’t seem to match that of a Massasauga.  In addition, its length eemed on the large size for a Massasauga.  So, we managed to place it into a paper lawn bag for further observation. Read more

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Michigan Deer Management Petition

Many of you are aware of a group of hunter/conservationists called the Southern Lower Deer Management Initiative (SLP DMI). The SLP DMI has put forth a proposal to the Natural Resource Commission (NRC) to adopt additional antler restrictions to the current Combination Deer License in an effort to deal with overpopulation issues that have plagued Michigan’s southern lower peninsula for over 2 decades as well as attempt to build age structure into our buck population, something supported by hunters by a 75% margin. Read more

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