Photo of the Week: Share Your Reflections

Wooden framed sign with blue words on a white background. Background of blurred green leaves.

At our first group walk for 2025 fall bird migration, I discovered new signage at the far east end of the Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

A wooden plaque on a post next to an enclosed protective glass box asked visitors to share their reflections and experiences at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum (MBGNA).

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Photo of the Week: Semipalmated Sandpiper at Erie Marsh Preserve

A small brown and white shorebird with white underbelly, small head, short neck, and dark bill pauses in the shallow water as it forages.

We were into our second hour of birding this week at Erie Marsh Preserve before we found a Semipalmated Sandpiper.

Once my birding friend and I found one, we discovered another two dozen (and possibly more!) Semipalmated Sandpipers foraging in an adjacent mudflat at the marsh.

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