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Photo of the Week: Dunlin, Migrating Shorebird

May 17, 2026 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro
Medium sized brownish-red backed shorebird with black patch on a white belly pauses as it forages in the shallow waters of a wetland.

Usually I have to travel to Lake Erie to see migrating shorebirds in spring and fall. But every so often they stop to forage in some of our nearby wetlands on their way to/from their breeding grounds on the tundra.

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Photo of the Week: Common Camas

May 10, 2026 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro
Star-shaped long purple petals with bright yellow stamens, and a cluster of tall grasslike green leaves stands out against the everbearing strwaberry plant.

I love the deep purple color of my common camas flowers; they sprout early in spring and bloom from mid-spring through early summer.

They were a free gift of 20 bulbs I received a few years ago with an order of plants from a mail-order nursery.

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Photo of the Week: Pectoral Sandpiper

April 26, 2026 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro
A brown and white sandpiper stands in a flooded feild, surrounded by blue water and green plant tufts. The bird's wings are upright as it gets ready to take flight.

Spring migration is in full swing in southeast Michigan, with songbirds, waterfowl, and shorebirds making their way through and from our area on their journey north.

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