Photo of the Week: Black Swallowtail Butterfly

black butterfly with blue and yellow accents rests on a clump of fallen Phragmites stalks

After three hours of successful searching for migrating shorebirds along a marsh near Lake Erie, our group of birdwatchers slowly made their way back to our vehicles. Ahead of me, several people stopped to gaze toward the ground. They didn’t take out their binoculars, what could it be? I caught up to discover they had… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Solar Eclipse in Southeast Michigan: August 2017

shadows of trees leaves on sidewalk with vague crescents from the solar eclipse

Today’s solar eclipse in the United States, as seen through the shadows of the tree leaves.

While watching TV to see the eclipse totality in Madras, Oregon and Carbondale, Illinois was amazing (it was incredible to see how dark it became), there’s nothing like experiencing the eclipse on your own! Continue reading Solar Eclipse in Southeast Michigan: August 2017

Photo of the Week: Lakenenland Sculpture Park

silver metal lion posed on a log as a faced sculpture peers out from a cavity in the log

“Wait. Did you see that entrance sign on the left side of the road? It looks like a bear and a deer cutting a log.

Stop, we have to check this out.”

That’s how we discovered Lakenenland, an outdoor sculpture park east of Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Lakenenland Sculpture Park