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Bird of the Week: Baltimore Oriole

...inches deep, with a small opening on top and a bulging bottom chamber, where her eggs will rest. To find out more about how Baltimore Orioles build their hanging nests, visit https://www.audubon.org/news/how-orioles-build-those-incredible-hanging-nests To hear oriole songs and calls visit https://www.bird-sounds.net/baltimore-oriole/?type1648...

Bird of the Week: Common Yellowthroat

...Yellowthroat this spring and summer throughout your Metroparks and even your own backyard. Visit https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Yellowthroat/sounds to listen to this warbler’s unique song. Check out https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/common-yellowthroat for more information on this bird and similar species. Common Yellowthroat (Female) Common Yellowthroat (Male)...

Bird of the Week: Tree Swallow

...are great insect eaters. If you place a nest box on your property, it is best to put up two, about ten feet apart. Nest box plans can be found here: https://www.audubon.org/news/how-build-bluebird-nest-box. To hear Tree Swallow songs and calls: https://www.bird-sounds.net/tree-swallow/....

Bird of the Week: Yellow Warbler

...two weeks of May. If you have a smartphone, consider downloading the free Merlin Bird ID app to try your hand at spring warbler identification. Www.allaboutbirds.org and www.ebird.org are also great resources to learn about native bird species. Happy birding!...

Climate Action in #YourMetroparks

...coming months. To read more about how phenological data is used to understand climate change: https://www.aldoleopold.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2013-paper.pdf To read more about climate change impacts people in Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/environmental-health/topics/mitracking/climate-change#:~:text=The%20region%20has%20gotten%20warmer,patterns%20and%20more%20extreme%20events. To read more about climate change impacts on agriculture, ecosystems, and more: https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-mi.pdf...

Parks in Partnership Highlight: Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership

...shoreline is shoreline that is vegetated and “soft” compared to hardened shorelines with riprap, pavement, concrete, and/or other hard surfaces composed of human-made materials. Wave energy, wind, and storms all interact with coasts and shorelines. Hardened surfaces can reflect that...

Current Projects & Improvements

...summer 2020. Phase I included the completion of the parking lot, demolition of the old hike-bike trail alignment, and development of naturalized swales between the lot and park road. One of the projects identified during the recently-completed storm water management...

Get Out and Learn

...Certificate of Insurance: Obtain this from your school’s finance office. Applications will be reviewed on a first-come-first-served basis if teachers meet the qualifications. For questions, contact Jennifer Jaworski, Chief of Interpretive Services at Jennifer.jaworski@metroparks.com and reference G.O.A.L. scholarship. Get Out...

Your Summer Starts This Weekend. And Your Metroparks Are Ready.

...rest of their visit. Please check the website or Facebook for updates on closures before heading out. And remember: They’re your Metroparks. Come on by, but stay apart.   For full details of all of our Covid-19 Precautions visit: www.metroparks.com/covid...

Free Fields Trips Provided by Your Metroparks

...must have 50% of students eligible to receive the federal free and reduced lunch program. To learn more and to apply for a Get Out and Learn Scholarship visit www.metroparks.com/getoutandlearn. “We love to share our knowledge with students through hikes,...

Why Prescribed Burns

...area of ground. Additional staff come behind them using rakes, water and pre-created burn breaks to control the fire and keep it from spreading to unwanted areas. This process continues until the desired area has been completely burned and snuffed...

New Grants to Improve Access and Accessibility

...a connection from the trails to Snell Road which has planned pathways to the Paint Creek Trail and the future Stony Creek Ravine Nature Park trails. For more information on the Shelden Trails project, go to https://www.metroparks.com/sheldentrails/. The Clinton River...

Remembering Apollo 11, 50 Years Ago this Month

...Metroparks will be celebrating the wonder of the Apollo 11 moon landing with a series of activities at the Hudson Mills Metropark Activity Center. You can learn more about this celebration at www.metroparks.com. The Metroparks event is also one of...

Fall Bird Migration

...the winter is migration. It is a common assumption that migration is solely due to the weather, but there are several factors that determine migration. Some animals migrate to breed, some to find more favorable living conditions, but most migrate...

New Partnership to Support and Improve Rouge Park

...combining their natural resource management expertise with our commitment to improve our natural spaces in Detroit parks,” said Meagan Elliott, City of Detroit Chief Parks Planner. “In the past few years we have focused on improving the active play and...
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