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
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
Spring seems to have finally arrived in southeast Michigan!
Which meant I spent my weekend looking for spring bird migrants as they made their way to their breeding areas in northern Michigan and Canada.
Heading into Robert B. Long Park in Oakland County yesterday morning, I met up with a pair of birders who had just left the trail. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Caspian Tern on a Fishing Expedition