by Bob Sramek | May 12, 2021 | Birding Reports, News
2021 Piping Plover LTBB Reservation High Island May 6 Bill Parsons/Kevin Haynes The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Natural Resource Department (LTBB NRD) biologists boated out from Harbor Springs to High Island (NEZEWABEGON) to search for piping...
by Kevin Boyle | Jan 29, 2021 | Birding Reports, News
Today’s Bing homepage cover photo features an English Robin enjoying the snow. It’s neat to see mainstream interest in a hobby that is important to the island. By the way, the English Robin is not related to our Robin, but is commonly known in the British...
by Kevin Boyle | Aug 17, 2020 | Birding Reports, News
We have this exciting news from a Beaver Island Historical Association post on Facebook: The Sepeshy Mural has returned to the island. If you would like to sneek a peek please visit the Print Shop Museum and enter through the front entrance only. The Museum is open...
by Pam Grassmick | May 4, 2020 | Birding Reports, News
Despite the cold temperatures and fierce winds this past week, the following birds were observed May 4, 2020 Incoming Birds. Sites and descriptions can be found on observed: http://www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org North End: Harbor area: Double-crested Cormorants have...
by Pam Grassmick | Apr 27, 2020 | Birding Reports, News
Reminder to clean out all birdhouses, if you haven’t already. By cleaning out your birdhouse, it prevents many fungal and bacterial diseases. When a bird comes back to nest in a birdhouse, many diseases will spread to nesting birds and kill a mother and their young....
by Pam Grassmick | Apr 20, 2020 | Birding Reports, News
Birders know that even seed and fruit eating birds need to feed their nestlings protein which is found in the form of insects. Most native insects don’t recognize exotic plants as food, so from a nesting bird’s point of view, many yards and gardens are “pretty...
