"Cyclops" the Snowy Owl:

Mike photographed this Peregrine Falcon along the north side of the west lagoon at the Muskegon County Wastewater facility in October 1999. "I was told that this peregrine was born that year," said Mike, "and was either from Milwaukee or Green Bay according to the bands. When I first saw it, it was resting on the rocks on the center dike. I figured it was a young bird because it was picking on its band like it was banded recently. I have a feeling that the same falcon was seen this fall at the Wastewater by other birders because it was fairly tame. When I saw it last month, I was close enough to see the same color configuration of the bands, as did others."

American Avocets at the Wastewater System:

Female and male Bronze Copper butterflies mating at the Wastewater properties:

Eyed Brown Butterfly at the Wastewater properties:

Great Spangled Fritillary at the Wastewater properties:

Great Horned Owl at the Wastewater properties:

Green Heron along the Black Creek celery flats east of Mona Lake:

Mike's artistic view of a Karner Blue Butterfly on Lupine leaves:

Milbert's Tortoise Shell Butterfly at the Wastewater properties:

Mink at the Wastewater properties:

Question Mark Butterfly at the Wastewater properties:

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) capturing mouse (Moranio petstoreus) at Wastewater property:

Short-eared Owl carrying away mouse at the Wastewater properties:

Short-eared Owl in spring at the Wastewater properties. Notice the false ear tufts for which the owl is named but which usually aren't as visible as in this picture:

Mike's friendly young Snowy Owl at the Wastewater properties.

Sichuan Pheasant at the Wastewater properties:

The January-February 2006 issue of the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy's Wildlife Volunteer featured the following article by Mike. On the second page he refers to an owl's eye looking "like a Cyclops eye". However, the photo to which he's referring is not the black-and-white photo on that page, but the color photo posted at the top of this webpage.