One of the first wildflowers to bloom in spring, Twinleaf is not a common flower for me to see in southeast Michigan.
I’m used to spotting Yellow Trout Lilies, Rue Anemone, and Great White Trilliums in the forest when I go birding in spring, before trees and shrubs leaf out.
They often blanket the forest floor, along with skunk cabbages, one of the first plants to emerge after a long Michigan winter.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Twinleaf, Spring Wildflower
My post last week, about Google’s large language model using your website content for training data, captured a lot of attention.
The post highlighted the Washington Post story revealing the millions of sites Google’s data set had already scraped.
It was my most visited post in the past four months.
And shared my frustrations and concerns about copyright.
I’m not alone.
Continue reading Legal Concerns: Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
A striking cinnamon-brown, black, and white shorebird, the American Avocet stood out on the mudflat of the Lake Erie marsh near the Michigan/Ohio state border.
The slightly-upturned long thin black bill is distinctive as is the white body with white-striped black wings.
The American Avocet is a rare bird in Michigan and one I had never seen before.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Elegant American Avocet