Photo of the Week: Rainbow at Gotfredson Marsh

pink, green, and yellow rainbow against a cloudy sky with the marsh and shade trees in the foreground

I never know what I’ll see when I visit one of my favorite birding spots, Gotfredson Marsh in Superior Township, on the edge of Washtenaw County in Michigan.

Typically, I’ll find the copper-topped Sandhill Cranes on the south end of the marsh, the majestic Trumpeter Swans and their family of three cygets lazily swimming in the open waters while the stealthy Green Heron quietly sits on a log jutting into the marsh. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Rainbow at Gotfredson Marsh

Photo of the Week: Shiny Cowbird in Michigan

Shiny Cowbird walks along the green grass, pecking for food.

“This looks like the place to be”, I said as I sat down on the bench behind the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, on the shore of Lake Superior, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

I took a look about, and noticed there were a lot of birders sitting on the benches, their cameras with their long lenses all focused on the same black bird on the ground. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Shiny Cowbird in Michigan