What I Found Interesting: January 28, 2026

Green-colored copper sculpture of girl laying down on her stomach on the ground reading a book, brown mulch surround the sculpture, green-leafed white-flowered shrubs in the background.

A daily online word puzzle with a twist, five short videos about backyard birds, and the world’s oldest cave art are a few of the interesting stories I’ve enjoyed in the past month.

I hope you enjoy them, too!

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Photo of the Week: Feeder Bird Symphony Mural

A two part mural: on the left side is a background of yellow, orange, and green-leaved trees against a blue sky with colorful birds perched on branches, birdhouses, and foraging on the ground. The mural transitions to a stark winter gray-sky landscape with different birds in flight while others are foraging on the ground.

Despite snow and sub-zero Fahrenheit temperatures this weekend, I started my Saturday with our local Wild Ones chapter winter sowing native plant seeds with several dozen gardeners at the University of Michigan-Dearbon Environmental Interpretive Center (EIC).

While I was at the EIC, I knew I wanted to stop at the Observation Room and check out the new Feeder Bird Symphony mural I learned about from the January 2026 newsletter.

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Free Native Plants Webinar and Winter Sowing Workshops

Light snow covers five white plastic milk jugs with blue painters tape wrapped around them; the jugs sit in a leaf-covered flower bed next to brick house.

With over eight inches of snow on the ground and sub-zero degree weather forecast this week in southeast Michigan, my mind naturally turns to gardening.

While I’m not able to do any gardening outside, I can get prepared for the upcoming gardening season, thanks to three free upcoming native plant indoor events.

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