What a nice surprise to see and hear my first Barred owl this week!
Despite over 30 years of birding in our southeast Michigan area, an area where Barred owls are reported regularly in mature forests near water, I’ve never found one.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Barred Owl
No need to travel to an amusement park when you can float on ice floating downstream on the Detroit River. Facing backwards. At least for the Great Blue Heron I saw this weekend standing on one leg on one of the bigger ice sheets in the shipping channel. With this weekend’s warmer temperatures, I knew… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Great Blue Heron on the Detroit River
A daily online word puzzle with a twist, five short videos about backyard birds, and the world’s oldest cave art are a few of the interesting stories I’ve enjoyed in the past month.
I hope you enjoy them, too!
Continue reading What I Found Interesting: January 28, 2026