Comments on: Plymouth btw Jones and Broadway

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:29:18 +0000

Bear, I think everyone else knows I meant the two-legged variety of wolverine.

By: Dan Ezekiel

Dan Ezekiel — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:58:49 +0000

On a bike ride yesterday in Scio and Webster Twps., I saw over a hundred deer in a little over a mile, on Tubbs, Stein, and Joy Roads. The herd appears to have made it through the winter in fine shape.

By: bear

bear — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:34:41 +0000

Yeah, Diane, coyotes are definitely amongst those making a comeback.

By: bear

bear — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:33:21 +0000

There's only been one wolverine spotted in Michigan in the last 200 years and that was several years about 90 miles north of Detroit. [link]

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:04:39 +0000

Bear, you forgot the wolverines in that taxonomy too, for shame.

I know of a well established buck rut close to town that’s been there 40 years or more, I suspect they’re here to stay.

By: Linda Diane Feldt

Linda Diane Feldt — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:35:14 +0000

Thanks for all the information. I still don’t easily think of dear living amongst us this closely. And didn’t expect them early in the morning on Plymouth Road. And Bear, don’t forget the coyotes. I’ve heard them, but not seen them.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:14:43 +0000

By the way, that story about how Bird got his nickname is only one of many. See here: [link]

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:12:15 +0000

There are a *lot* of deer up there. Along Traver Creek, up along Cedar Bend and down through Island Park to the river, there’s a lot of undeveloped land. And it’s always surprising how many deer live on North Campus. I see them crossing Beal, Hubbard and Hayward all the time. I’ve never seen any crossing Plymouth but I’m not surprised.

By: bear

bear — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:51:42 +0000

Pretty awesome! Kudos to the driver who got out to ensure the safety of both the deer and other drivers. When I was a child, living in Detroit, by Schoolcraft & Wyoming, there were train tracks just a couple of blocks north of us. We used to play there. We noticed foxes, pheasant & deer among cattails that grew just off the tracks in a small wetland patch. It always amazed me that such wildlife could exist within the city.

That said, Ann Arbor is a place that is very conducive to allowing wildlife to co-exist within it’s borders. We have peregrine, owls, hawks, fox, raccoon, skunk, possum & even chipmunk! Great post Diane!

By: Michael Appel

Michael Appel — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:42:05 +0000

I work on Jones Dr. I’ve seen that herd walking along the rail line high above Plymouth, crossing Plymouth, wandering in the back yards between Jones and the creek; and crossing Jones heading towards Broadway.