When it’s a gray and cloudy day in November, what can you do outside?
Head to Belle Isle State Park, of course, for a scavenger hunt to find the fairies!
Which is what I did this weekend, when the Fairy Doors returned to the Belle Isle Aquarium and Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory for the second year.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Fairy Doors Scavenger Hunt Returns to Belle Isle
One of the first things you learn as a birder is to look up to see the birds.
And in winter, it’s a lot easier to look for birds in the trees and shrubs: there are no leaves to hide the birds.
When I noticed the sounds of animals along the trail at Detroit’s Belle Isle State Park had suddenly gone quiet, I knew there had to be a reason. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Cooper’s Hawk at Belle Isle State Park
The fairies landed at Belle Isle State Park in Detroit, Michigan this month.
Created by the Belle Isle Conservancy, the self-guided fairy doors scavenger hunt is a welcome outdoor exhibit at one of my favorite state parks.
I visit Belle Isle several times a month for birding—it’s one of the best birding locations in the state.
But this weekend I spent time exploring the grounds of Belle Isle Aquarium and the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory in search of the 17 fairy doors hidden on the grounds. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Fairy Doors at Belle Isle State Park