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A new visitor to the Saline area has become a roadside attraction.
A roseate spoonbill has been spotted in the Koch Warner Drain - just south of the Saline-Milan Road bridge south of the city limits.
Cynthia Loizides-Weber posted a picture of the bird in flight in the Saline Posts Facebook group and noted that the bird had been drawing a crowd. The Saline Post arrived on the scene around 8:45 p.m. on a dark, rainy evening, and managed a few shots as it was feeding upstream.
The tall pink bird, which can have a wing span of 52 inches, resembles a pink flamingo at first glance. It uses its spoonbill to feed on crustaceans, frogs and fish in marshy areas.
It is known to live in South America and coastal regions in Central America, Texas, Louisiana and Florida.
A roseate spoonbill this far north is rare.
According to a post on the Saline Police Department's Facebook page, DNR biologists believe the bird may have escaped from a zoo.
The bird's arrival has caused a minor stir and people are out on the bridge taking photos in the rain in the evening. The Saline Police Department reported it was receiving calls from motorists concerned about vehicles parked on the road and standing in the northbound lane of traffic.
Such a great post! My fiancé and I spotted this guy and posted the message to the site. We just could not believe what we saw! So glad we could share it with everyone.
This is STILL a big story. Dozens of people camped out all weekend to see this bird. Some drove as long as three hours to get here. Several news outlets have covered over the past few days!
Sunny, with a high of 71 and low of 43 degrees. Sunny during the morning, clear overnight.
No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
Name all the municipalities of 10,000 people that have their own Rec Center with a pool. I'm generally curious.
Saline Area Schools needs to take over the Rec Center with a Rec creation millage and maybe a short bond issue, too, for improvements.
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,