Monthly Archives: May 2010

Why are Yellow-headed Blackbirds rare in Michigan?

By rbrewer | Published: May 29, 2010

A Yellow-headed Blackbird, a rare bird in Michigan, was seen near the end of April at Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery.  The Fish Hatchery is west of Kalamazoo, a few miles over the Kalamazoo-Van Buren County line.  The bird was first reported on 30 April.   I drove out Sunday morning, 2 May, to try to get [...]

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Asylum Lake Preserve: What Kalamazoo ought to do, part 2

By rbrewer | Published: May 21, 2010

My last post several days ago repeated and updated some remarks I’d made on Earth Day 2004.   It ended with the following comment about the Asylum Lake Preserve situation at that time: Today’s Gazette (24 April 2004) had more good news. After a long process, a Declaration of Conservation Restrictions and Management Framework for the [...]

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