Kalamazoo Seasons

I'd been under the impression that bumble bees in Michigan overwintered, like honeybees, but only the queen bee hibernates . This makes...

National Geographic Guide to Birdwatching Sites: Eastern U.S. by Mel White 1999 This guidebook, illustrated with impressive photographs, cov...

Chipmunks and woodchucks aren't the only animals to emerge in Spring. Garter snakes also spend Kalamazoo's winter in hibernation. ...

While the calendar shows Groundhog Day on February 2, in Kalamazoo the groundhogs sleep for another couple of months. Our backyard woodchu...

A week or two ago, a wildflower walk meant searching for scattered blossoms. Now the woods are full of blooms. Income taxes are due today,...

As Spring arrives in Southwest Michigan, there are lots of events planned near Kalamazoo: April 17 Free admission to the Kalamazoo Nature Ce...

The Michigan Roadside Naturalist by J. Alan Holman and Margaret B. Holman 2003 University of Michigan Press While this guidebook, discussed ...