tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85327176320178321842024-02-07T18:10:51.368-08:00News from the TipDazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-44357470434630168922013-09-12T15:06:00.000-07:002013-09-12T15:06:37.089-07:00<br />
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What a joy that the weather has turned cooler and the crowds have left northern Michigan.<br />
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Nearly stepped on this little guy as I hiked Fisherman's Island this afternoon. Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens). Once the most abundant frog in Michigan but numbers have fallen in recent years and now rare in some parts of the state.<br />
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<br />DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-6843207717120619932013-04-25T13:28:00.000-07:002013-04-25T13:28:17.030-07:00Substantial stream-bank erosion on the Boyne River following the melt:<br />
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<br />DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-45538032196676128492012-06-06T13:07:00.000-07:002012-06-06T13:07:02.928-07:00Here is a nice example of cased caddis from last Saturday's lab analysis of the Boyne River aquatic invertebrate sampling:<br />
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<br />DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-73739797708254132192012-06-01T20:21:00.002-07:002012-06-02T05:39:44.389-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0I8eJL_XTivHb9y4zyMEb1CODkSuRvskrWE3QwnSy5DHStRNpp7SXMmev_fKFpIDhoF9QThPLnx53ROglN_vKJYJseZ51c6a6BGf9NO7gBnUKVU_-6fgjIXedCsq6A2rL6NhQUfD37Fwf/s1600/IMG_1006_cropped.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0I8eJL_XTivHb9y4zyMEb1CODkSuRvskrWE3QwnSy5DHStRNpp7SXMmev_fKFpIDhoF9QThPLnx53ROglN_vKJYJseZ51c6a6BGf9NO7gBnUKVU_-6fgjIXedCsq6A2rL6NhQUfD37Fwf/s320/IMG_1006_cropped.JPG" width="247" /></a>Here's a pregnant doe looking around the house on May 22. Judging from the grunting and size of her middle section she was close to the happy day when I saw her and may even have been looking for a nice spot to give birth. <br />
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<br />DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-9815267317500056532012-05-25T06:10:00.003-07:002012-05-25T06:11:14.979-07:00<br />
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Slowly adding to my life list. Yesterday in Young State Park identified 16 species including a Black and White Warbler and a Yellow-rumped Warbler. These are not my images. Heard many unidentified species and need to work on the audible identification although I'm not a subscriber to the hear it, list it school of thought. <br />
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Photographing these guys is proving tough and I'm greatly looking forward to spending some time with bird photographer Paul Rossi up in the Eastern UP on May 27. He says, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>We will drive to certain locations and walk to explore each area. We will start right after sunrise (which is 5:54 a.m.) by birding some open grassland and ponds: LeConte's sparrows, Upland sandpipers, Sharp-tailed grouse, Snipe, American Bittern, Sora, Bobolink, Northern Harriers, etc. We will also go to the coastal marsh.</i></span><br />
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Spent early yesterday afternoon exploring the beautiful braided channels of the Jordon headwaters. Perfect weather, perfect scenery, perfect river. One small brookie came out of this nice deep pool. Butterflies rejoicing that spring has finally reached north of the 45th parallel.<br />
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Here are a couple of sunset views from the Headlands in early April. The night of the owl banding.<br />
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Very little trash was found but there were many downed trees across the river as a result of the monster early-March snow storm. Phil came well prepared with a chain saw and hatchet and he created a narrow passage down this fine stretch of trout stream whilst leaving as much deadfall as possible for improved fish cover.<br />
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Later in the afternoon I met an angler with Indiana plates about to fish the TU section. Earlier in the day he had caught a nice Rainbow on a Hendrickson dry. Interesting since Phil and I saw very few rises during our three hour float. Even more interesting was the astonishing coincidence that that this man's wife's maiden name was Miller and his name was Van Winkle. He said, no connection whatsoever with the originators of the host TU chapter. Almost unbelievable but he seemed to be an honest man. And he was fly fisherman so he was probably being truthful.<br />
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<br />DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-82728623056928617772012-04-20T09:50:00.002-07:002012-04-20T09:50:57.950-07:00Great article in this month's Guitar Player magazine about Peter Green, one of my all time favorite Brit-Blues guitarists.<br />
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The print edition article is full of insights into Peter Green's note selection and more. This inspired me to begin transcribing some of Greeny's early work on Someday After a While (You'll be Sorry) off A Hard Road by John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. Really great stuff. Of course, playing it convincingly is another matter and I'm still struggling to approach the guitar tone on the recording with the Epiphone Les Paul, Fender Blues Junior and various pedals. Yes, these licks had been played earlier by many of the blues greats in America but why did the same exact notes not have the coolness factor subsequently generated by Green and Clapton?<br />
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We discussed potentially re-furbishing the split bamboo rod that Donna picked up at a garage sale. Boyd King (Beulah, Michigan 1903 to 1978) seems to have been the owner, not the rod builder. Boyd was obviously proud enough of the rod to put his name on it so it was probably a decent rod when it was new. Much work would be needed starting with re-wrapping the cork handle. Not worth the effort per Alex.<br />
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Next week I'm going to observe Alex working on tip sections to go with the three five weight butt sections already completed. Alex typically uses the (Jim) Payne 101 taper which he believes is as fast as you will get in bamboo. Alex offered to lend me some of his books to learn the fundamentals but these well-thumbed volumes were obviously highly valued by Alex and in frequent use so I declined. Asked which one book he would recommend for beginners Alex suggested Handcrafting Bamboo Fly Rods by Wayne Cattanach. Another recommendation was to attend the bamboo rod conclave but it seems this is not happening this year. Grayling public library has a good collection of books addressing all aspects of fly fishing and would be an interesting place to spend a cold, stormy day sometime.<br />
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Hiked a new section of the North Country Trail in the afternoon through the upper Jordon valley. Did not see another soul for three hours. The Trillium is coming into bloom. My image but I needn't have bothered with 4,750,000 images of Trillium on Google Images. Seems like people are interested in Trillium until you realize there are 94,800,000 images (non-offensive mind you) of boobs. Does this mean that people are twenty times more interested in Trillium than (non-offensive) boobs. What if we included "offensive" boobs I wonder.<br />
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Link to clear sky chart: <a href="http://cleardarksky.com/c/RvnHllMIkey.html">http://cleardarksky.com/c/RvnHllMIkey.html</a><br />
Link to NOMAC: <a href="http://www.nomac.net/">http://www.nomac.net/</a><br />
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We still have some Steelhead in the Boyne and I managed to land another really nice fish this afternoon after earlier losing one in the same spot and then catching a sucker (minus two points!). As I was walking downstream to the car after the sucker I saw two big male Steelhead cruising upstream; I was able to follow them and as luck would have it they rested in the water I'd just fished! The rig was still set up to give me a really great drift through the slot and so without wasting any time, in went the fly. I was pretty confident I'd hook one and sure enough I did. A big fight ensued and I was pleased to net the fish on 3x fluorocarbon. No camera unfortunately. Air temperature 50F, water 41F, overcast, light rain, falling barometer.DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-31924221744428676272012-04-16T13:50:00.000-07:002012-04-18T19:03:44.664-07:00Impressive performance by singer/songwriter/guitarist Willy Porter at Freshwater on Saturday evening. This guy has been around having opened for Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull and other big names. Watching Willy play his guitar was almost enough to make me give up trying. A highly entertaining act. Great songs with plenty of humor tailored to BC thrown in. Too bad the venue is so claustrophobic which spoiled it for some people.<br />
<a href="http://willyporter.com/">http://willyporter.com/</a>DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-11798814614323047212012-04-15T06:02:00.001-07:002012-04-15T06:31:30.685-07:00Back up to the Straits for a couple of hours on Friday afternoon for some more raptor watching. Unfortunately, the wind had not shifted to the south as forecast so I did not see the large numbers of last week. I think I've now got the differences between a Buteo and an Accipiter, Red-tailed Hawks are pretty obvious from below if the light is right. We had one red tail fly low and slow right over our heads. The official six hour count for the day by Steve Baker was 174 birds heading north across the Straits (as compared with 602 for the previous Friday):<br />
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For access to the North American Hawk Count database go to <a href="http://www.hawkcount.org/">http://www.hawkcount.org/</a><br />
Tried a bit more digiscoping on the using my Alpen 20-60x80 spotting scope, Alpen's (well made) bracket adapter and my little point and shoot camera but the results were not encouraging even for close, static and therefore very easy subjects like this Morning Dove:<br />
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There's no getting around the fact that for serious bird photography I'll need a serious big lens for the Canon which will have to wait.DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-27526494279775538782012-04-12T04:39:00.000-07:002012-04-12T04:39:04.189-07:00Alex Wulff discussed bamboo rod building at a Friends of the Boyne River meeting yesterday evening and has invited me to see the process at his shop here in BC. From what he said, the process is not so much difficult as it is tedious. I'd like to build a rod under his guidance if he will take me on.DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-89823381773542997522012-04-11T08:58:00.002-07:002012-04-11T09:02:58.796-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">nteresting presentation last night at Petoskey Audubon by Vern Stephens of MDNR discussing the restoration of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Michigan's grassland ecosystems and specifically the work at Arcadia Dunes near Frankfurt. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Grasslands are immensely diverse and beautiful ecosystems. Prior to European settlement Michigan had approximately 2 million acres of grassland and now, according to the Michigan Natural Features Inventory, less than 1% of the original prairies remain.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: inherit;">Apparently, restoration is worth considering for parcels as small as half an acre.</span><br />
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If you don't go that far, there's much that can be done with garden plants to attract wildlife to the yard and this book is recommended:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bringing-Nature-Home-Wildlife-Expanded/dp/0881929921/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334160126&sr=1-2">http://www.amazon.com/Bringing-Nature-Home-Wildlife-Expanded/dp/0881929921/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334160126&sr=1-2</a><br />
<br />DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-6072047991170210612012-04-07T10:52:00.002-07:002012-04-07T11:22:20.129-07:00The spring migration of raptors is in full swing as I witnessed up in Mackinaw City yesterday afternoon. Saw dozens of birds high up in large kettles staging for the flight north across the straits. I was told they were mostly Buteos with a few Bald Eagles and a couple of immature Golden Eagles. With a forecast southerly component to the wind, today should be even better. Working on my hawk identification skills so that I can begin to tell one from another up high. Also saw two large flocks of Sandhill Cranes passing through. I'll be back in Mackinaw City on Tuesday with the Petoskey Audubon outing. Followed yesterday's hawk watch with a pot-luck at the Headlands Beach House; then nets and audio lures were set up for (Northern Saw-whet) Owl capture and banding followed by star gazing.<br />
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The Headlands is one of only six dark sky parks in the USA as designated by the International Dark Sky Association. Another fabulous Northern Michigan resource:<br />
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If you prefer to look at stars from the comfort of home:<br />
<a href="http://skysurvey.org/">http://skysurvey.org/</a><br />
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Although there was a full moon, on this night we saw a great many more planets (three) and stars (millions, who knows) than owls (zero as of 10:45pm when I left). Here's somebody else's image of a full grown Northern Saw-whet Owl. And here's a link to hear what they sound like. Big noise for a little bird!<br />
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Avalanche is another great Boyne City resource.<br />
<a href="http://gov.boynecity.com/uploads/1215019708Avalanche_map_062708.pdf">http://gov.boynecity.com/uploads/1215019708Avalanche_map_062708.pdf</a><br />
Wondering about creating the Boyne Trail Challenge, a run linking the trails on Avalanche Preserve, Young State Park and The Hill Preserve. Perhaps include the swamp section and beach in Young and the broken bridge crossing of the Boyne River to spice things up. Start and finish in downtown. Maybe 20 miles, not marathon distance. The hills and rough going would be challenge enough.DazParhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209557082704190061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532717632017832184.post-54568360827030210902012-04-05T12:27:00.000-07:002012-04-05T12:35:00.040-07:00<br />
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<a href="http://landtrust.org/Newsletters/Fall2011.pdf">http://landtrust.org/Newsletters/Fall2011.pdf</a><br />
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Not much wild-life to be seen - just a few deer and the usual escorting group of Chickadees. But the views made up for it.<br />
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After preaching to Meg about the training value of hill running, self-motivated myself into running some hills this morning. Great to be back on the "Wilson-Marsall Loop". Then, this afternoon, hiked, birded photographed my way around the Dead Man Hill Trail. Stacks of trillium pushing through but no blooms yet. And no morels that I could see. Great view of the Jordan Valley with two hawks flying closely together and later a bald eagle gaining altitude using the updraft. When it was almost at the limit of the range of my binoculars it suddenly stopped circling and headed off dead straight to the north-west possibly for it's summer rendezvous with its better half. I did not know until today that raptors are monogamous, but the male and female winter in different areas, so they re-establish their pair bond each spring. <a href="http://www.wingsofwonder.org/">http://www.wingsofwonder.org/</a><br />
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