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APRIL 27, 2023 • Vol. 35, No. 9
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Hawks steal spotlight at Owlfest Despite being called “Owlfest,” the annual event at Lake St. Clair Metropark featured not great horned owls but red-tailed hawks. Owls have been nesting in the park’s tree buckets since 1991, and both owls and hawks compete for food and territory in a park not big enough for both birds. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
BY DEAN VAGLIA
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MACOMB TOWNSHIP — A new method of drain repair was recently employed by the Macomb County Public Works Office, preventing further damage to a key sewer with minimal interference to locals. Throughout March and April, contractors for the county have been using a spiral-wound pipe repair process to fix a severely deteriorated pipe at the intersection of 21 Mile and Garfield roads in Macomb Township. The deterioration was caused See DRAIN on page 4A
Clinton Township hosting Green Macomb tree sale
LEFT: A female red-tailed hawk peeks out of one of the park’s tree buckets during Owlfest on April 15. The owls have not been seen since December 2022. TOP RIGHT: The great horned owl, usually the star of Lake St. Clair Metropark’s Owlfest, was seen only in taxidermy this year. The owls have not been seen in the park since December 2022, and red-tailed hawks have since claimed the park’s tree buckets. ABOVE: Other birds of the metro Detroit region, including the red-winged blackbird were seen at the Owlfest.
BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — With Earth Day behind us and Arbor Day on the horizon, doing one’s part for the environment is on the conscious person’s mind. If the call to do something for the planet is coming your way, perhaps planting a tree is the place to start. This year, Clinton Township is hosting Green Macomb’s yearly Arbor Day plant and tree sale. The sale will take place April 28-29 at the township’s Civic Center on Romeo Plank Road. “This is an effort by the county, and we’re partnering up See TREE on page 18A
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