Photo of the Week: Alpheus Starkey Williams Statue at Belle Isle State Park

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While spring officially started on March 20, almost two weeks ago, you wouldn’t know it by the weather in southeast Michigan this weekend.

Last night’s cold front brought frigid temperatures and snow flurries, which left a dusting of snow over everything.

Including the Alpheus Starkey Williams statue in the middle of Belle Isle State Park in Detroit, Michigan.

When I was birdwatching at the park today, the light dusting of snow gave the statue an interesting look and I had to take a few photos. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Alpheus Starkey Williams Statue at Belle Isle State Park

Photo of the Week: Great Lakes Freighter Celebrates the Holidays

copper and white freighter on the Detroit River, with a Christmas tree on the center of the barge.

Great Lakes freighters pass by Belle Isle State Park, an island in the Detroit River north of downtown Detroit, regularly as they deliver raw materials to ports on the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. But it’s not often you see a Great Lakes freighter celebrating the holiday season with a Christmas tree onboard, as… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Great Lakes Freighter Celebrates the Holidays

Photo of the Week: Baltimore Oriole at Belle Isle Nature Zoo

bright orange and black bird perched on top of bird feeder

While everyone else I knew was fast asleep on an early Sunday morning, I was up at 5:45am to head out the door for a morning of birdwatching at Belle Isle State Park in Detroit, Michigan. I joined 13 other birders (people who watch birds) in peering through my binoculars at the 50 to 75 foot… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Baltimore Oriole at Belle Isle Nature Zoo