Have you seen the Aretha Franklin mural in Detroit’s Eastern Market?
It’s well hidden and if you didn’t know it was there, you might not find it.
I was told it was on the back wall of Gratiot Central Market, but I went around the block three times before I discovered it. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Aretha Franklin Mural in Detroit’s Eastern Market
Whether I’m out in nearby woods and marshes, the southern shore of Lake Erie or the shore of another Great Lake, my weekends are spent birding.
Peering through leaf-strewn marshland, harvested cornfields, bare shrub branches and leafed out tree canopies in cold, rainy, snowy, and sometimes sunny weather, I search for birds.
This weekend was no different from any previous weekend in 2019, but it was special because it was during the annual spring warbler migration in Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Kentucky Warbler Along Lake Huron Shoreline
One of the first and most plentiful Trilliums to bloom in the spring, the Prairie Trillium is often overlooked in our Michigan woods by the shear number of flowering Great White Trillium on the forest floor. The Prairie Trillium has upright maroon blossoms without stalks, mottled green leaves, and grows to 12-18 inches tall. I’ve… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Prairie Trillium