DNR shares tips on how to help nesting birds
Updated 12:30 PM;
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LANSING, MICH. ‘Tis the season for birds nests appearing in unusual locations: think wreaths, potted plants, gardens, and even hanging flower baskets.
The best way to be a good neighbor to our feathered friends? If you spot a nest, leave it alone, and make sure your pets leave it alone, too, said wildlife experts with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Bird nests and the eggs they may contain are protected under federal law, according to the DNR. It is illegal to touch, move or possess any part of a nest or eggs without the proper permit.
Police seek driver who hit, killed black bear
GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) Police are looking for the driver who crashed their vehicle into a black bear, killing the animal on I-75 in Genesee County on Monday.
It’s certainly not every day that you see a bear roaming around Flint-area neighborhoods and people who live nearby are shocked.
“I think it’s really really sad that a black bear was so far south,” said Gidget Konieczka
Konieczka is an independent Herbal Life distributor and wellness coach at Simply Nutrition on beeches road in Genesee county. It’s just a stone’s throw away from where a black bear met its demise on I-75 early Monday morning.
Why volunteers are needed to help save Michigan’s imperiled black terns
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Michigan s black tern population has plummeted more than 70 percent in recent years. | Photo by Michigan Department of Natural Resources
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Agile, charismatic, and striking in appearance, black terns can be spotted returning to Michigan freshwater marshes this time of year, where they’ll spend the summer raising their young and acrobatically foraging for food.
But black tern populations are plummeting for reasons researchers don’t yet fully understand, leading to a need for volunteers to help survey these graceful birds.
Across North America, black tern numbers have dropped by 61% during the past 50 years. In Michigan, that number is even more dire, with the species’ population down by 71%. Black terns are listed as a Michigan Species of Special Concern.
Martha A. Churchill
ADRIAN A regional bike trail is starting to come together, one piece at a time.
The new Adrian piece, east of South Main Street, will run alongside the Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road tracks, allowing for bicycle traffic between Division and Main.
The city of Adrian already has the Kiwanis Trail bike path system on the west side of Main Street going through Riverside and Trestle parks and following some now-defunct railroad lines.
What’s new? The city of Tecumseh, the city of Adrian, Raisin Township and Adrian Township have approved formation of the new Kiwanis Regional Trail Authority.