Our first official fall event for the Washtenaw Audubon Society was this weekend (autumnal equinox or first day of fall was September 22, 2022 at 9:03pm). The morning walk at Barton Nature Area in Ann Arbor, Michigan took us on the trails near the river as we searched for fall warblers, dodged multiple rain showers,… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Calm Fall Morning at Barton Pond
As you walk down the trail toward the shore of Lake Erie, you hear the sounds long before you see the birds.
Hundreds of birds.
Perched in a dead tree, the purple iridescence of Purple Martins can be hard to see in the bright morning sunshine and deep blue sky.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Roosting Purple Martins
In the midday heat of the summer, I don’t typically see many birds active in marshes.
A few Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons can be found along the shorelines.
Or perhaps a Wood Duck with their duckling family or Trumpeter Swans with their cygnets.
It can be pretty quiet in the marshes, except for the calls of the Red-Winged Blackbird.
But I’ll often see terns as they fly and circle over canals and marshes.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Tasty Tidbit for a Tern