Category Archives: Animals

The Peregrine Falcon in Michigan

Peregrine falcon near Old Harry Rocks,
Dorset by pompey_diver
The cuckoo-y tastes of peregrines at bootstrap analysis is one more post that makes me love blogs and bloggers. It begins:
Seeing a Peregrine Falcon is not very unusual in southeast Michigan. Although they were not historically found in these parts, they were introduced into the city of [...]

2006 Michigan State Fair - August 23 - September 4

Night at the Fair by Oldbrushes
The annual Michigan State Fair opens today (Aug 23) and continues through September 4. The state fairgrounds are located in southeast Michigan at the corner of Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue in Detroit - two miles from I-75, three miles from I-696, and eight miles from I-94.
Popular attractions include [...]

Detroit Zoo Issues Page

UPDATED: February 26, 2006
Feb 26, 2006: River Rant is indeed ranting today about the Zoo, imagining how former Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young might have handled the zoo issue. It's also a four-star look at one of Michigan's legendary political figures.
Feb 25, 2006: The Detroit News reports that on Friday afternoon, the council postponed discussion [...]