by Jonathan Schechter January 01, 2018 Snowy owls are charismatic, majestic and mysterious. They are the heaviest of all North American owls with some weighing almost six pounds. Their yellow eyes, massive talons, feathered feet, eye-catching white plumage and diurnal...
by Jonathan Schechter February 01, 2016 Many secrets of the pileated woodpecker, the forest bird extraordinaire of Michigan, unfold during winter months, and so do dramatic photographic opportunities. With increased visibility after leaf-fall, coupled with audible...
Bare facts on black bear conflicts: Be Bear Aware! by Jonathan Schechter October 01, 2013 Twelve year old Abigail Wetherell’s jog in the woods of Wexford County last month became an overnight national news sensation. Media flocked to the lively story of...
Eastern Massasauga in the sultry heat of summer! Massasauga rattlesnakes have the ability for lightning-fast, venom-packing strikes against beasts great and small. But on the rare occasion they use that ability against a human it is usually against the dominant hand...
The Return Of The Osprey… Osprey once nested throughout the Great Lakes Region. That was before the era of DDT. DDT and other pesticides thinned the egg shells of this fish-eating raptor, decimating their population and all but stopping reproduction. By 1999...
