Photo of the Week: Sturgeon Moon

Deep red circular moon with blackish shadows shines in the black sky.

The first of two full moons this month rose on the first day of the month. And our southeast Michigan area thankfully had clear skies! I kept looking toward the southeast for the moon rising, but I was in an area where tall trees were blocking the sky. It wasn’t until around 11PM Eastern Daylight… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Sturgeon Moon

Photo of the Week: A Morning for Cliff Swallows

A small brown bird with outstretched wings, short square tail, buffy-orange rump, and white head patch pauses over dried brown mud nests in a corner of a gray concrete portion of a street bridge.

As a birder, sometimes you need to remind yourself to look at things other than trees, bushes, yards, and fields to see birds.

Like bridges—this one is over the Huron River at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan—where you see Cliff Swallow nests as you look up from the trail.

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