All the News That's Fit to Post about Chelsea, Michigan
Looking for something fun (and important) to do this weekend? Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count. It’s a fun, family-friendly activity which helps scientists better understand birds’ lives and the many factors impacting their welfare. Wild Birds Unlimited is … Read more
Story and photos by Tom Hodgson After an absence of more than 20 years, flocks of evening grosbeaks have returned. Several local feeder watchers are reporting them. Your feeder could be next. Faced with a shortage of food in their … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information and photos in this story.) They are coming by the thousands. They fly at night, navigating by starlight and the earth’s magnetic field. … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information and photos in this column.) Each species of songbird has its own unique song that can be recognized by others of its kind. … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Area Historical Society for the information and photos in this column.) For the past several weeks one of Michigan’s most interesting and unusual birds has been slipping into our … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information and photos in this column.) Those of us who have been feeding the birds this winter are probably used to seeing the same … 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 area marshes have been pretty quiet these past winter months, as most of the summer occupants fled … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information in this column.) The house wren is one of our most common and enjoyable backyard birds with its beautiful, bubbling song that is … 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 most successful bird watchers know that it is just as important to know birds by sound as … 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 photos in this story.) Although last year was a notable exception, recent winters in Michigan have been gradually warming as the climate … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information and photos in this story.) It’s always fun to see those “sometimes” feeder birds that only come by every two or three years, … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the photos and information in this column.) Every year, the town of Hinckley, Ohio celebrates the return of the “Buzzards.” Everyone has to have something … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the photos and information in this column.) (Publisher’s note: This bird is correctly named a Red-winged Blackbird and this has been corrected throughout this story.) … Read more