In the middle of May, after a week of hot weather, it’s rare to find any trillium wildflower in bloom in our southeast Michigan woods.
That’s what happened this month when our area was hit with a heat wave of temperatures reaching the mid- to high-eighties (Farenheit).
Instead of Great White Trilliums blanketing the forest floor (and the less frequently seen Prairie Trillium), the deep pink/purple blooms of Wild Geranium began flowering.
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While bright colorful warblers catch everyone’s attention in our area during spring migration, one of the birds I’m always looking for in spring is the White-crowned Sparrow.
It’s a beautiful large gray sparrow, with contrasting bold white and black stripes on its head.
Some populations are known to overwinter in our area, but I rarely find one during our winter months in Michigan.
I’ve seen a White-crowned Sparrow in southeast Michigan once in mid-November 2018.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: White-crowned Sparrow
Finally after two years, the John D. Dingell Jr. Visitor Center at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Trenton, Michigan officially opened to the public this past week.
Due to the COVID pandemic, the outside areas at the refuge were opened to the public in late 2020, but the visitor center had been closed.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center