VANDERBILT, MI – Deep in the northern Michigan forests lives a legendary bird treasured by birders and prized by hunters – the famous “thunder chicken.” That’s the nickname for ruffed grouse, a game ...
On northern Michigan cherry farms, a tiny falcon is quietly reshaping how growers think about both crop protection and food ...
Millions of birds are expected to fly over the U.S. to reach their migratory destinations, and a sizeable fraction of them will pass through Michigan after the sun goes down on Sept. 29. Late on ...
I grew up on a swampy peninsula near Alpena. It was incorrectly named Partridge Point. First of all, partridge in northern Michigan are not really partridge. They’re grouse, ruffed grouse to be ...