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Snowy Flowers

November 12, 2013 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

We had our first snow yesterday in southeastern Michigan, mostly just a light dusting. But my flowers seem to be holding on this morning.

A light dusting of snow on flowers

Filed Under: Garden, Nature Tagged With: winter blast

The Biggest Week: Birdwatching at Magee Marsh

May 18, 2013 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

My Mother’s Day weekend isn’t complete without a trip to Magee Marsh in Oregon, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie. What I love about Magree Marsh on Mother’s Day weekend is that it coincides with The Biggest Week, a week of birdwatching activities held throughout northwestern Ohio.

Scarlet Tanager
East entrance side to Magee Marsh boardwalk
dried seedpods on lakeshore plant on Lake Erie beach
American Kestrel
Oriole feeding on orange
great blue heron in marsh along drive to boardwalk
Shoreline along Lake Erie
warbler
birders on the Magee Marsh boardwalk

In the spring, warblers return to the northern regions of North America, stopping at Magee Marsh before making the trip across Lake Erie to their nesting areas in Ontario, Canada and beyond.

And for those birding experts, fans, and photographers, it’s a treat to walk the Magee Marsh boardwalk and Lake Erie shoreline to get a glimpse of the colorful warblers.

Here’s my list of birds I saw at Magee Marsh:

  1. Nashville Warbler
  2. Pine Warbler
  3. Palm Warbler
  4. Black-and-white Warbler
  5. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  6. Scarlet Tanager
  7. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  8. Great Horned Owl
  9. Woodcock
  10. Bay-breasted Warbler
  11. Magnolia Warbler
  12. Yellow Warbler
  13. Chestnut-sided Warbler
  14. Bald Eagle
  15. American Coot
  16. Louisiana Waterthrush
  17. Baltimore Oriole
  18. White-crowned Sparrow
  19. Sandhill Crane
  20. Tree Swallow
  21. Purple Martin
  22. Black-capped Chickadee
  23. American Kestrel
  24. House Wren
  25. American Redstart
  26. Yellow-rumped Warbler
  27. Blackburnian Warbler
  28. Warbling Vireo
  29. Black-throated Green Warbler
  30. Cape May Warbler
  31. Blackpoll Warbler
  32. Bonaparte’s Gull
  33. Double-crested Cormorant
  34. Mallard Duck
  35. Green-winged Teal
  36. Red-winged Blackbird
  37. Gray Catbird
  38. American Robin
  39. Great Blue Heron
  40. Black-crowned Night Heron
  41. Canada Goose
  42. Great Egret
  43. Ring-billed Gull
  44. European Starling

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: birds, birdwatching

Celebrating the New Year: A Walk Through the Woods

January 2, 2013 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

One of my favorite ways to celebrate the new year is a walk through the quiet woods. It’s peaceful and easy to clear my mind and enjoy time with my family.

Kensington woods

A walk in the woods

Turkeys on the run

Winter grass

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: birds, New Year

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