All the News That's Fit to Post about Chelsea, Michigan
By Master Naturalist Doug Jackson (Publisher’s Note: Please continue to submit your story requests for Michigan nature-related articles to [email protected].) Susan, a Chelsea Update reader, asked if I could write about the history of the Potawatomi Trail. The Potawatomi Trail … Read more
Photos and article by Master Naturalist Doug Jackson WARNING! This article is a stinker. What is black and white and red all over? Why, my Chelsea Update article about skunks, of course. A nocturnal animal that needs no introduction and, … Read more
To survive Michigan’s winter temperatures, some birds store food from feeders to eat later in winter, while others expand their food sources and change their diets. Despite these incredible adaptations, winter can still be a stressful time for birds. We … Read more
Story and Photos by Master Naturalist Doug Jackson Frogs? Seriously? Although they are not exactly the first thing we think of in the middle of a frozen winter, there is one species of Michigan frogs that has something somewhat miraculous … Read more
Photos and story by Master Naturalist, Doug Jackson Did I just find an extremely rare species for Michigan hiding in plain sight right here in Chelsea? Read on to learn about my 3-year quest to find quercus montana, the rock … Read more
By Master Naturalist Doug Jackson Vibrant and inspiring cousins of the rather ordinary and uninspiring blackbirds are the orioles. There are eight species of orioles that breed in the United States, two of which breed here in the Eastern half … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information and photos in this column.) Winter has finally arrived. Those who have been waiting for safe ice for fishing and skating will soon … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the photos and the information in this column. Thank you also to the Michigan Nature Association for the photo of the Karner Blue Butterfly photo.) … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information and photos in this column.) The Chelsea area is well known as a go-to place to see sandhill cranes, but there are some … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information and photo in this column.) For those of us who are anxiously waiting for any sign of spring, this early butterfly may be … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information and photos in this column.) They are coming by the thousands. They fly at night, navigating by starlight and the earth’s magnetic field, … Read more
(Publisher’s note: After a long, cold, snowy winter … Tom Hodgson’s back. Please enjoy.) Column and story by Tom Hodgson with special thanks to the Waterloo Natural History Association After the mother of all winters, will spring ever come? Most … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the photos and information in this story.) In the 1970’s during Michigan’s last great recession, a 70-percent reduction in general fund support forced Michigan State … Read more
