All the News That's Fit to Post about Chelsea, Michigan
By Tom Hodgson Being home bound for such a long time is hard on children and parents alike. So here is an easy, inexpensive project that can be completed by children in second grade and up. All you need for … Read more
Story and photos by Tom Hodgson Summer is still a long way off, but our summer migrants are already arriving and will readily visit backyard feeders. Some like the rose breasted grosbeak will feed on sunflower seeds, but others are … Read more
By Tom Hodgson Sunny days for woodland wildflowers are numbered as tree leaves begin to expand. Some of the late April bloomers are still going strong however, and may include the most interesting and impressive of the lot. The irregular … Read more
By Tom Hodgson (Publisher’s Note: Many of you will remember Tom Hodgson’s wildlife columns from year’s ago. Well, they’re back – as a gift to us all while we do our part to stop the spread of this virus.) Well … Read more
By Tom Hodgson (Chelsea Update would like to welcome back Tom Hodgson and his very popular wildlife columns, and to thank the Waterloo Natural History Association for its sponsorship of wildlife programs at the Eddy Discovery Center.) Before the settlers … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Kathy Caflin for the information in this story and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the sponsorship of these programs. ) Everyone’s invited to a presentation called Nature’s Tank the Turtle on Sunday, June … 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 Natural History Association for the information and photos in this column.) Thanks to the foresight of Michigan Nature Conservancy and the generosity of the family of Nan Weston, residents … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Kathy Claflin and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information in this story.) Everyone is invited to lean about “Strange Creatures of the Spring Pond” on Sunday, April 24 from 2-3 p.m. Naturalist … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information and photos in this column.) It’s been a crazy spring so far. After an incredibly warm winter, we may have expected an early … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Tom Hodgson and the Waterloo Natural History Association for the information and photos in this column.) Thanks to our mild winter, many cranes never bothered to leave for the warm, sunny south. Because of … 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 story.) Most people have never seen the spotted turtle, Michigan’s rarest. It only survives in isolated populations in a … Read more