Photo of the Week: Northville River Park

Looking north from one of the pedestrian bridges, the Rouge River tumbles over rocks. Along the shoreline, is a Mallard foraging. Bright red and gold maple and oak trees as well as flowering native plants line the shoreline. Bright blue skies and white fluffy clouds in the background.

A beautiful fall day with blue skies, bright sunshine, cool temperatures, and the beginning of fall color change in maples and oaks made for a wonderful walk along the trails of Northville River Park.

Opened only a few months ago in June 2026, the downtown park replaces a longtime privately owned horse race course.

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Photo of the Week: Juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeak

A stocky brown bird with white wing bars, white stripe over eye, chunky bill, brown streaky white breast with faint rose triangular patch perches on a wooden platform feeder with thick silver supports.

With fall bird migration in our area, I expected to see a number of migrating warblers in our area as they fly south.

What a pleasant surprise to find a juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeak stop by the platform feeder to feed on some sunflower seeds. (Note the bits of seeds around its bill.)

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Photo of the Week: Canton 25th Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

Blonde-haired women stands in front of a red-marble plaque with the words In Honor of Those Who Served, In Memory of Those Who Died. In the foreground are the backs of heads of seated audience members. In the background are green-leaved trees against a blue sky and the United States red, white, and blue flag at half-mast.

Attending Canton Township’s 25th anniversary memorial service for September 11, 2001, the clear blue skies and bright sunshine reminded me of the day 25 years ago when the United States was attacked by terrorists.

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