Photo of the Week: Great Blue Heron on the Detroit River

A Great blue heron, a large water bird, stands on one foot facing backwards as a large ice sheet floats down the Detroit River, Small pockets of open water can be seen around the ice sheet.

No need to travel to an amusement park when you can float on ice floating downstream on the Detroit River. Facing backwards. At least for the Great Blue Heron I saw this weekend standing on one leg on one of the bigger ice sheets in the shipping channel. With this weekend’s warmer temperatures, I knew… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Great Blue Heron on the Detroit River

Photo of the Week: Ice-Covered Lake Erie

Wintry landscape scene of snow covered beach and ice-covered Lake Erie in the distance. In the foreground, several bare trees stand out against the deep blue sky. If you look closely, you'll see ice fishing shacks on the ice.

This week’s photo of the week shows an ice-covered Lake Erie, as seen this weekend from the shoreline of Sterling State Park in Monroe, Michigan.

With the frigid weather we’ve had since mid-January, it’s not surprising to learn Lake Erie is now over 95% frozen.

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