Graphic: John Kalmar
Some more Echo favorites posted in 2010
Story: Competitors flex mussels in first round of SmackDown
Gordon said: Why aren’t humans on the list. They are the obvious winner
Story: Birders track raptor migration across Detroit River
Diane said: Mother Nature is my women!
Story: Groundhog Wars
Note: This story was about a battle one of our writers was having with a groundhog in her backyard.
Sally said: Loved this article! I have a wonderful recipe for grilled groundhog with garlic, chives and portabella mushrooms. Yummmmm. Would you like it? Comes from my Grandmother who used to live in Georgia.
Story: Bobcat numbers drop in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: state shortens hunting season
Donna said: We were just up in the U.P. and we canoed the 2 Hearted River (5 1/2 hours) and visited Seney Wildlife Refuge….we are avid birders…we were SHOCKED at how LITTLE wildlife or birds we saw. Not ONE turtle or frog and ONE LOON…a smattering of songbirds…but where were the DUCKS???? We are worried!
Story: Wolf count raises questions about Michigan range, threats
Anne said: We have lived in Lake Ann for 3 years. One night about 4 mo. ago I awoke during the night to loud howling. It didn’t sound like coyotes, no yipping at all, just the howl. Can’t remember if it souunded like more than one together. This moring, it was just starting to be light outside, and I heard the howling again. I really paid attention, and it was only one howl at a time. Listened to wolf howls on the internet this morning and I am convinced that it was wolves I heard.