In the midday heat of the summer, I don’t typically see many birds active in marshes.
A few Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons can be found along the shorelines.
Or perhaps a Wood Duck with their duckling family or Trumpeter Swans with their cygnets.
It can be pretty quiet in the marshes, except for the calls of the Red-Winged Blackbird.
But I’ll often see terns as they fly and circle over canals and marshes.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Tasty Tidbit for a Tern
As you travel the outer road around Belle Isle State Park near the Detroit River boat channel between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, Canada, you can’t miss the tall gray tower north of the road.
When I saw the Nancy Brown Peace Carillon this week, gorgeous early summer blooms of yarrow and orange butterfly milkweed in Oudolf Garden Detroit created a beautiful carpet of color in front of the tower.
Dedicated to peace, the 85-foot tall neo-Gothic tower has a rich history.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Nancy Brown Peace Carillon
What a delight to see my elderberry bush is finally in bloom this year!
Four years ago, I planted the bush along the side of the back yard. I was looking forward to the white clusters of flowers, black lacy leaves, and spreading habit of the bush.
As well as providing food for the birds.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Elderberry in Bloom