Howard Meyerson
After more than 30 years in the outdoor writing business, you would think I'd know better.
Tag Archives: Birds
Climate Change: Butterflies, game birds and game animals threatened
By Howard Meyerson We hear a lot about the effects of climate change these days. Polar ice caps are melting. Polar bears are threatened as a result. The Minnesota Star Tribune recently published an extensive report on how it will … Continue reading
Scott Hickman: Man about Alger County
By Howard Meyerson Scott Hickman admits to being a rare bird enthusiast, someone who enjoys looking for the unusual find. Rare, of course, is a relative term. For the 62-year-old retired college biology professor and member of Laughing Whitefish Audubon … Continue reading
McDonald’s promotes coffee sustainability efforts
McDonald’s has apparently come to realize that conservation is good business, at least letting people know that the company is concerned. Coffee and Conservation Blog author, Julie Craves, the director for the Rouge River Bird Observatory in Dearborn, MI, reports … Continue reading
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Update: GPS osprey flights can be seen on tracking website
The movements of three young osprey recently fitted with GPS tracking units by Michigan wildlife officials can be seen on a Google Earth site now being hosted by the grassroots group Osprey Watch of Southeast Michigan. “OWSEM is going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Birds, Birdwatching, Conservation, Florida, GPS, Mexico, Michigan, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Osprey
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GPS-equipped ospreys released in southeast Michigan
By Howard Meyerson SOUTHFIELD, MI – Three young, southeast Michigan ospreys were fitted with GPS transmitters in July so state wildlife researchers can learn more about their travel routes including where they winter in Central and South America. It is … Continue reading
Making Life Better for Birds: Peg and Tom Comfort
By Howard Meyerson Tom and Peg Comfort have a lot in common: an appreciation of natural places, a love of Torch Lake where they make their home and a strong dedication to making life better for birds, loons and bluebirds … Continue reading
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Tagged Birds, Birdwatching, Bluebird, Common Loon, Conservation, Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, Environment, Loons, Michigan Audubon Society, Michigan Bluebird Society, National Parks Conservation Association, Nest box, North American Bluebird Society, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, The Loon Network, Wilderness Society
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Coffee, Conservation and Urban Birds: Meet Julie Craves
By Howard Meyerson DEARBORN – Julie Craves is picky about her coffee, about its taste and where it’s grown. Given a choice, she’ll take light roast over dark, but only one choice exists when it comes to sun-grown or shade. … Continue reading
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Tagged Birds, Birdwatching, Coffee and Conservation, Conservation, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, Environment, Julie Craves, Michigan Audubon Society, Michigan Department of Transportation, National Audubon Society, University of Michigan–Dearborn, Urban birds
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Wind companies won’t face charges in condor deaths
California condors are fair game if you own a wind farm these days. Surprising as that may sound, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has granted permission to California’s Terra-Gen Power for incidental take of the endangered bird, meaning it … Continue reading
The Catbird: A different take
Found on FB at Cornell Lab’s Celebrate Urban Birds
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Tagged Birds, Catbird, Cats, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Photos
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Michigan’s Top Birder: Adam Byrne
By Howard Meyerson Adam Byrne has ruffled a few feathers over the years. The 42 year old secretary for the Michigan Bird Records Committee has had to say ‘No’ to more than one birder submitting a sighting to the committee … Continue reading
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