It’s not that Kirtland’s Warblers are shy birds that makes them a bird every birdwatcher wants to add to their life list.
Kirtland’s Warblers are one of the most vocal birds in the spring and are often seen singing on a top, outside branch of a tree or shrub.
It’s that they’re one of the most rare songbirds to find in North America. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Kirtland’s Warbler in Northern Michigan
With the warm weather over the past couple weeks in southeast Michigan, our gardens are filled with color from mid-to-late spring flowers, including gorgeous deep purple lilacs, brilliant orange poppies, and the soft pink of crabapple flowers.
One of my favorite spring flowers in bloom is the peony, and there’s no better place to view the wide variety of peonies than at the Peony Garden at the Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
People throughout Michigan and beyond travel to the almost 100-year-old Peony Garden to stroll through the 27 beds of the 200+ varieties of herbaceous peonies.
And while many people plan a trip to the garden to see herbaceous peonies in late spring, I love taking a tour a few weeks earlier, when the tree peonies are in bloom. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Tree Peonies in Bloom
The last few evenings have been perfect—relatively cool temperatures with light breezes—for walks at nearby parks. Birds singing joyfully, a Baltimore Oriole pair chasing each other through the tree branches, a Mute Swan swims near the shoreline, its cygnets closely following in tight formation. Beautiful golden light shining through the green foilage of the trees… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Evening Light at Furstenberg Park