Northern Michigan, with it's lakes, beaches, state parks, and forests is a nature lovers dream. Much of our land is unspoiled and available for public use. Opportunities abound for bird watching, hiking, fishing, hunting, camping and much more.
Try to leave the land as you found it. If you see litter, help us pick it up. Enjoy your time here in the great outdoors.
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Pileated Woodpecker Folks up North enjoy an interesting visitor at their feeders from time to time. Enter the Pileated Woodpecker. If you are 50 years or older, you might remember the cartoon character named Woody Woodpecker. Well, the concept of Woody was derived from none other than the Pileated Woodpecker.
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Out In The Woods
Do you ever take a walk in the woods, just to enjoy all that nature has to offer? Since moving up here, I’ve taken an interest in the trees and often think I should know more about these giants that tower over us. Most of us can tell an oak tree from a maple tree but few know the difference between a red oak and a white oak. While raking leaves this fall, I noticed that we had two kinds of oak leaves blowing around the property. This sparked my curiosity. For those with only a mild interest, the leaf from a white oak has rounded points and the leaf from a red oak has pointed leaf tips…case closed. For those of you with a little more curiosity, here are some interesting facts about these oaks.
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Fife Lake had a successful loon hatch this summer. One chick has survived and is still in the company of one parent. It still is in it's juvenile plumage and enjoying a quieter environment since the Labor Day exodus. Let's hope flight training goes well.
2006-10-14
We experienced our first snow of the season on October 12, 2006. We haven't seen the loons since the storm and are assuming that they are either hunkered down or have flown South for the winter season. We will keep you all posted.
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