Photo of the Week: Piping Plovers Along Lake Michigan Shoreline

small shorebird with narrow black band around neck, black-tipped orange bill sits on sand next to Lake Michigan

What a special treat to end June by seeing the Piping Plover on the shore of Lake Michigan this weekend!

I’ll always remember June 2018, since I saw three of the rarest Michigan birds in one month: Continue reading Photo of the Week: Piping Plovers Along Lake Michigan Shoreline

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

Photo of the Week: Bald Eagle at Magee Marsh

Bald Eagle perched on a bare tree branch

It was almost dusk when I arrived at Magee Marsh near Oregon, Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie.

I was on the lookout for Great Egrets which I hadn’t seen yet for Global Big Day, a day when birders take to the field to see how many species they can see in one day.

I wasn’t disappointed. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Bald Eagle at Magee Marsh